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Dara's eyes were red like the sky above him.

He had quite a hard time to fall asleep the previous night as well. Darkness wasn't his best suit anyways.

He was sure that Hyeri knew that he was scared of being alone and being in the darkness for too long.

He remembered the cold night he had spent in the maze. Although he was completely alone this time, he preferred being around that rude hemela more.

At least he knew someone was there. Nights alone on the road, next to the forest was so much harder than he had anticipated when he set out and he wondered how Hyeri had been the best version of herself all this time.

He fished out a few couple of berries from Hyeri's bag and chewed on them slowly.

The task was going to take five hours maximum and he wanted to be in his best place even though he hadn't slept all through the night.

He was glad his body gave away in between and went to a resting space disobeying his mind's order for staying alert.