"Sounds good," Zeetha said. The light would of course be more visible that way, but it seemed by far the lesser of two evils. She hated having to make him feel awkward, but...they couldn't just pretend it wasn't happening. It was happening now, it was going to happen in the future, at a certain point it would have to become something they could both feel normal about.

She knelt to lay her bundle down, spreading it out so that she could pick out the first wood to use for kindling, and the larger pieces to feed in. After making her selections she looked up at him, studying his face for a moment before smiling resolutely.

"I'll go get started," she said.