I very much hope so.

She watched him quietly, letting the echo of his words bounce around her mind. He seemed sincere when he said it, but that seemed absurd. There was nothing for him to gain by pretending to be kind; she had nothing that he could not have more easily taken than coaxed from her, although she could admit that he might not realize that. This land was once inhabited by the fierce likes of Monster and Vanya, and she was certain that stories of them persisted.

Silence followed his comment, and she did not break it. Even if a question rose to mind, his earlier cryptic answer had implied to her that he was not in the mood for idle chatter. So when his command followed some time later, she wasn't sure what to make of it. The matter of her residence had already been settled in her mind: first by Annubis' abandonment of her, and then by his question about what she wanted. As much as staying here with a stranger would be a betrayal of her love for Rougaru, she could not bring herself to risk the world at large to search for him.

Thereby - at least in her mind - agreeing to become Temblor's in exchange for his protection and for the familiarity of a land that was known to her.

When her answer came, it was small and quiet, as shaky as the legs upon which she stood. It quivered before the prospect of the future, but at its core, beneath the quaking knees and trembling fingertips was a core of firmness that had not existed there a moment before.

"Okay."