But I can't keep me from creeping sleep

It's morning. Sunlight streaming through a stained-glass window is much different from sunlight filtering its way through shifting clear blue water; whether or not there's any innate quality to it, it's much harder for Ruto to ignore.

But it's just so comfortable here, and Brighid's just so lovely...

"Just a few more minutes..."

"I'm not sure you know me well enough to be begging late mornings," Brighid comments as she moves Ruto's earrings aside to reach for her perfume on the nightstand. She hadn't even said a thing, but she's not surprised that her presence suggests industriousness to new companions.