The camp preparations were mostly done, as everyone was starting to prepare food for dinner. The sun had already sunk beyond the horizon, setting the forest into tranquil darkness.
Ein and the two have already finished eating, of course. Since they were part of the graveyard shift, they were asked to rest early. Nayta and Melina went to the larger tent and started preparing to sleep.
Ein, on the other hand, was already lying down face-up inside his small tent, staring at the waving shadows cast by the campfire on the tent's roof. He was silently contemplating the things he had done earlier that day, whether they were beneficial or a mistake on his part.
Time passed as he was spacing out, and it was quickly nearing midnight. The rowdy voices of the guards for the caravan slowly faded into the night breeze.
"...?"