#debukefarmhold

"Maybe!" That seems to push back some of her funk.

He nods "I think August would know of one. Or Sparrow. I don't plan to tell them full details."

"Fair enough."

"And... I'm sorry." He says to her.

"Certainly not August..."

"oh god no," he says

"I love thee, Earl."

"And I love you. that's why getting shot didn't bother me, hurting you, making you worry, or be disappointed that is my regret"

Clem comes closer, she's been staying out of 'whisper range' to respect privacy "Let me set up a room for you two to talk more... and maybe sleep?"

Zara nods, expression grateful.

Clem makes it so... and Earl and Zara...well, they talk later into the night in a private room in an attic. Hopes shared, fears confessed and..well, of course, love to keep the journey going.

(End Scene)