I can't sleep. Why should I be able to? I stare at the stars. They're shifting. Moving constantly. Made of ancients. Made of one being. I look down at the map. It's flickering. I grip my chest. I can feel something uneasy. Why do I feel uneasy? A sickening? No. A burning pain.

"You're not sleeping." He says behind me.

I turn. He walks forward.

"I've been thinking." He says.

"Oh? About?" I stand up.

He looks at me. What is going on. I lower my hood.

"I never got a chance to thank you for saving me." He says.

I look at him in surprise.

"This is a new side of you." I say.

"It's not." He says.

I walk closer to him. I pull my hair back.

"Is this the only reason why you're here?" I raise an eyebrow.

"No." He says.

This is... unexpected. My heart pounds. He takes my hand. What is he doing? And why does my chest burn. I look at him. He moves closer to me. Oh... now I get it. I haven't done this in the thousand years of my birth and life. He presses his lips into mine. I move my hand up his back. His lips are so smooth and his breath flows into my  breath.