_{[julian folding is damn near enough to make morga follow suit. one would think she'd have moved beyond that once montag was grown and away from home, but no. what surprises her is she doesn't reach for him. not like she would monty, anyway. what she does instead is stand by and wait for his frazzled feathers to smooth down, and only then does she roll her shoulder.]}

I only assume because I don't know him that well. After that night, I've spent most of the last few months shadowing your family. Just because you made a deal with the Devil under the assumption that he wouldn't hurt them doesn't mean it applied to everything else.

_{[she's seen the lengths people will go to when they're desperate. comes with the territory of leading the scourge, especially considering the whole bone-picking beetle motif. she knew what to look for, and how to defend against it. sure, nadia and the others were more than capable of taking care of themselves, but... it put morga at ease knowing that they'd have one less thing on their plates to worry about.]}

I can promise you that they're safe.