When Nathan returned to the tent, he relayed what he had found out about Shigeru and the group in a few clean sentences. Hanzo listened without interrupting. She had already read them as something closer to professionals with a code than genuine threats, and having that confirmed out loud settled something in her that she had been keeping carefully managed since the road.
She had been the one urging restraint all evening. It was worth noting, privately, that the restraint had paid off.
Neither of them said anything more about it and they let the night pass in watchful quiet, taking turns with sleep and stillness until the dark outside began to soften at its edges and the birds in the treeline started finding their voices.
