If there's one thing she's certain of, it's that they will need to keep watch at night. Many of the orphans have the hard faces of children who have survived on the street, but they aren't so capable that they can be relied upon to defend themselves.
(Besides, if she keeps watch, she doesn't have to attempt to entertain their charges.)
So she sits at one of the edges of their camp, curled up inside her cowl and a cape she borrowed from the Riftwatch stores, and tries to stop the children from coming to speak to her.
"No. Your mission is to sleep," she tells the one who is supposed to sleep in her tent. "You will be safe--there is a knife in the tent."
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(Besides, if she keeps watch, she doesn't have to attempt to entertain their charges.)
So she sits at one of the edges of their camp, curled up inside her cowl and a cape she borrowed from the Riftwatch stores, and tries to stop the children from coming to speak to her.
"No. Your mission is to sleep," she tells the one who is supposed to sleep in her tent. "You will be safe--there is a knife in the tent."