*Faye tensed a little when he touched her cheek and she glanced away, still unable to hold his gaze. She did follow him back up on deck, but she took her time and when she got there she kept her distance.

Thash had been dead. It wasn't just that he was somewhere else...but that he'd died. And he'd said he missed her but she wondered how much he'd even noticed he'd been gone. It was all ao strange, and she didn't feel comfortable with it all at that moment*