~ SASHA ~
Zev talked to the huge Yhet for a few more minutes about people she didn't know and things she didn't understand. All she did understand was that Zev had arrived here expecting something to happen as a consequence of him leaving earlier and not returning. But that what he was learning was worse than he'd thought.
Very few females. Very little offspring. The Chimera in Thana dying out.
She'd never seen his face so haggard. It was as if he'd aged ten years in as many minutes.
But soon, Zev was urging them both to wait while he grabbed their bags from the cave. Sasha stood in the cold morning air next to man so tall she eyeballed his navel, and tried not to be awkward.
Which was when she learned that if Yhet hadn't been so large she would have described him as "adorable."
"Zev's heart sings because you're here, Sasha," the man rumbled as soon as Zev ducked into the cave.
Sasha blinked. "That's… that's good."
