Blood in the Water, Part Eleven

{Neve}

Following behind Erin, once Neve got her clothes back on and pushed the blood that rushed up to her cheeks away from her face, the healer got ready to learn how to use a sword. 

Suddenly feeling quite tired, Neve could tell that her internal clock was signaling to her that it was time to get some rest even though this world's two suns, both about half the size of Earth's sun, were still burning brightly in the sky. 

"Come on, one little kiss didn't exhaust you that much, did it?" 

"N-No, I'm just sleepy." 

"Hm. Well then, we'll only go over some fundamentals right now. Training while half-asleep tends to produce accidents after all." 

As Erin told her that, Neve looked around and saw that Ahlakan had, most likely, gone into the same tent Neve had just exited the instant that both she and Erin made their way out. If she'd had any particular reaction to what she probably assumed was a very brief tryst, Neve had not caught it.