[Shionne finds sleep is difficult without the rest of the group near at hand. Certainly sharing a room with Kisara is fine and comforting, but without the guys and Rinwell, there isn't a barrier between Shionne and the monster that haunts her nightmares. This is the fourth night in a row where she's woken up with the same sense of dread hanging over her.

It wasn't so bad as to wake up Kisara this time, so she's grateful for that, but she couldn't stay in the room and she didn't want to wake up Alphen and Dohalim, so she's gone outside for a walk. Exhaustion will make it better, right?

She's in her own head—worried, anxious, angry—when the sound of another woman's voice catches her attention. Ironic that she should meet someone else while she's like this. And while she considers ignoring her and heading to the beach to watch the waves, a part of her doesn't really want to be alone.]

I suppose it is. Not really all that surprising, considering we're supposed to be prisoners here, awaiting some mysterious sentence.