Without the benefit of daylight it could be difficult to tell day from night in the deep roads. An area was either lit or unlit. The tunnel Hawke and her companions were currently in was sweltering. Lava spewed up on either side of the broad expanse that once was a road. Hawke's bones ached and she stifled a yawn. It could just be walking in the heat, but she believed that her body was saying that it was approaching night time on the surface. "I believe that we're almost to a side chamber where we can make camp for the night. "

"That's the nicest thing that you've said to me all day Hawke," Varric jested. She smiled at the dwarf. It was moments such as these when she truly appreciated the dwarf's sense of humor.

The small band plodded on through the stifling air and eerie quiet of the passageway. After what seemed like an hour to Hawke, Fenris pointed to their right and remarked, "It would seem that we have found our campsite." They poked their heads into the chamber a small dead end of a room markedly darker and cooler than the main road and found that it was safely empty.

"Yes, this will do just fine," said Varric. "All it lacks is room service, oh and beds and a privy."

"Let's set up camp, shall we?" Hawke suggested.

The group began rolling out their bedrolls along the wall furthest from the entrance. Fenris and Hawke grouped theirs close together and a bit apart from Varric and Anders' bedrolls. They also erected a small lean to in the corner as a privy, wandering off in the deep roads for privacy was nearly always fatal. Enough light and heat entered the room from the opening to the main passage that a fire was unnecessary.

After the camp was set up, the party ate their dinner. Fenris sat with Hawke upon her spot and shared some of his dry rations with her. The two quietly conversed as they ate. Varric looked at the two of them and smiled. He contemplated how this part of Hawke's story would unfold. Anders interrupted Varric's creative musings saying, "What does she see in him? He is more an animal than a man."

"You think that you would be better for her Blondie?" Varric could not resist baiting Anders, having listened to him whine for the better part of the day about being dragged into the Deep Roads again.

"Yes, I do think that. I know how to treat a woman." Anders defensively retorted as he gathered the crumbs from his meal into a pile.

"He seems to be doing just fine," Varric pointed with his chin towards Fenris and Hawke.

Anders turned to see Fenris folding up his blanket and giving it to Hawke to use as a pillow. "Oh sure, he's the picture of thoughtfulness now, but how long before his anger gets the better of him and he hurts her?"

"I don't believe that he would do that and Hawke can take care of herself if you hadn't noticed." Varric was being serious now.

"It doesn't matter. I believe that she'll get tired of his moods and I am much more fun to be around." A smug smile crossed Anders' face as he stretched out and laid his head upon his backpack.

"Sweet dreams, Blondie." Varric sat watching the door relieved that he shared the first watch with Fenris.