Elora suddenly appearing next to her startled Runa, but she recovered quickly, mostly because there was currently only one thing occupying her mind.
So, she looked at woman's sincere smile, judged it to be genuine, and thus decided to worry about her identity later. She nodded in assent, and started struggling towards Erik, now with Elora supporting her.
She was hurried, her eyes were only focused on one thing, and her body felt like she was wading through quicksand, but with the fairy's help she quickly returned to the bed, and shuffled closer to her son.
Erik himself remained vast asleep during all of this. Normally he'd be a little more alert, but Elora had spent some time healing him earlier, so his body was quite exhausted.
With trembling hand, Runa reached forward, until she touched his cheek. When she finally felt the warm, physical touch of Erik's skin, a smile slowly began to creep onto her lips.
