Sage hadn't known whether she'd stayed or not until he woke next ...and whatever she'd chosen to do he'd have accepted, but even so, to wake up with her there and her arms around him calmed him. His dreams weren't exactly the best, and while he was used to having nightmares, they were getting worse again, and having her there just helped. "Hey," he sort of croaked, closing his eyes again, still just groggy enough to go back to sleep once his heart stopped racing and the images faded from his mind a little bit more. But he also wanted to stay there, with her. Where he knew what was happening, and he wasn't quite awake enough for his mind to grasp hold of all the bad things or the blood dripping from the ceiling or the way peoples faces sometimes turned to the faces of his nightmares. It was unsettling, but when he wasn't quite awake and wasn't quite asleep, neither those or nightmares could happen. He was simply ...there. With her. He liked it that way, he thought. It was simple. Quiet.

Mari stayed next to him for... well, ages. She wasn't gonna move until he woke up. She didn't want to leave and have him wake up terrified. That was the last thing she wanted for him. She offered him a gentle smile when he woke up, and sort of squeezed the hand she was still holding in what she hoped to be a comforting way. "Hey," she replied gently, her brows pinging together. She stayed quiet as he started drifting off again, and moved to wrap her hand a bit tighter around his. She just wanted him to feel... okay. He could sleep for as long as he wanted. She'd already arranged to talk to Anya about all of his. Sage had had it bad, but... there were people who were probably still going through it. Sage wasn't the only one struggling. He wasn't the only one that had been struggling. They needed to find who was the leader in all of this, and help anyone else that they might have missed. Sage was right, though... their Queen needed to come see to her subjects. Show them they cared at least a little.

Sage felt a smile drift across his face as she spoke up, sort of squeezing her hand gently even though he was sort of just drifting off again. He woke up a bit later, not long after that really....maybe an hour or so had gone by. He let go of Maris hand so he could shift himself into a more sitting position, giving her a soft smile before moving to rub his eyes and then face to wake up a bit more.