Pak slumps between them, snoring comfortably in the new warmth of being between Nora’s stomach and Ren’s back, but there’s still room enough for miss sunshine and thunderbolts to put her chin forward over one of Ren’s shoulders and watch the open sky spread out before them.

Then she catches something a bit like a whiff of home and her giggles die down to something more thoughtful. Nora Valkyrie is after all, capable of moments of quiet between the long stretches of bedlam. She holds Ren maybe just a little tighter, because he’s her best friend, been with her forever, and…

“I wish the others could see this, too.”