Silently she would follow, once more leaning against Frith for support as much as comfort as he led the way. Once more her mind tried to numb itself, attempting to shut out the world and the pain. This certainly was not the happy welcome that had been anticipated on both sides, though their very first night sharing a den both were escaping worries and deaths, it made it all rather fitting in some twisted way. Of course though there would be no embarrassing and angry discovery for two parents come morning time, so it was rather fortunate that Novella didn't make the connection at all there as she curled up against Frith's side once more. It was hard to say when sleep finally found her, she'd lost her sense of time to some degree but at last eyes finally closed and it was a dreamless sleep that awaited her, the chance to escape to nothing and forget it all was more than pleasant.
