[ Maruki sits back up in the hammock to watch her, half fond at how much she's clearly enjoying it, half feeling more than a bit useless. He plants one foot against the ground and uses it to idly rock the hammock back and forth as he chatters. ]

I think I only ever went camping... once or twice? Both had to have been school trips, so I was fairly young. It's not something that my family would have done for fun, and I can't say I ever sought it out as a recreational activity as an adult... Though I did enjoy traveling to visit various hot springs. That's not the same at all, but it felt calm like this does.

[ And then he hops off, draws closer to the fire, eyes shifting from the flames to the luminescence of the flora back along the path they climbed, then to Venat. No, this moment won't ever come again. ]

Thank you for doing this.