Thoughts of being in a rush, or of the necessary steps in stoking a fire back in the vicarage, or of procuring a hot drink, or of anything outside Tuo's hand-crafted Saaristomeren wagon, lose all purchase in Dain's mind for several quiet seconds.
For him, sense doesn't reassert itself with all the immediacy a struck match -- it seeps in much too slowly like water trickling through a crack in a dam.
"That would... be one way to warm up," he manages. Not the most efficient way. Blankets -- Alvi -- did that really happen, or is it the cold confusing his sense of reality? -- Tuo is still dangerously cold and there cannot be room in Dain's mind for anything else. He leaves Alvi to Tuo, because the bird is more likely not to struggle and hurt itself bundled in familiar arms, and Dain grabs what's left, draping the thickest portion of the furs over Tuo's shoulders on their way out.
A cold wind blows from the north as they leave. Dain shields them as best he can, holding Tuo close, as much to keep track of how hard he's shivering as to keep him warm. If there are other reasons, he'll... look more closely at them once they're out of the cold.
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For him, sense doesn't reassert itself with all the immediacy a struck match -- it seeps in much too slowly like water trickling through a crack in a dam.
"That would... be one way to warm up," he manages. Not the most efficient way. Blankets -- Alvi -- did that really happen, or is it the cold confusing his sense of reality? -- Tuo is still dangerously cold and there cannot be room in Dain's mind for anything else. He leaves Alvi to Tuo, because the bird is more likely not to struggle and hurt itself bundled in familiar arms, and Dain grabs what's left, draping the thickest portion of the furs over Tuo's shoulders on their way out.
A cold wind blows from the north as they leave. Dain shields them as best he can, holding Tuo close, as much to keep track of how hard he's shivering as to keep him warm. If there are other reasons, he'll... look more closely at them once they're out of the cold.