Standing is harder than it has any right to be, and where she would normally stand with no difficulty, now Magni has to pause and ease herself up as her muscles protest the work. Her Rani hardly needs to prompt her closer, she is already moving so, nodding her understanding. She couldn't do everything, and recovering was important - she needed to be there for her wife, her little one, all their people. She just wishes that it felt less like giving in, to let herself relax when so much had happened and so many had perished in the storm.

"I might—" her jaw works uncomfortably. "I might have nightmares. I want you with me, but you need to sleep," for her own health, for the baby, and Magni can't in good conscience beg Lakshmi to sleep by her side with how disturbing her dreams have been. I need to be stronger than this.