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The campfire has burned low, its embers painting the dark with faint, shifting light. Dutch looks down, a soft, contemplative smile gracing his lips as he watches you slip into sleep, your head resting heavy on his lap. With Arthur out on a scouting run, the night is still, and this quiet watch feels like a return to simpler days—to raising boys and guarding dreams. He closes the book in his hands without a sound. "Would you like me to carry you back to your tent?" he murmurs, his voice a deep, soothing thread in the silence.