The smaller Au Ra was shaking but there was some response at this point. One hand reaches up and clutches what little bit of fabric she could of his armor at this point. Anything to help ground her and lay her head against Cyd's chest.

"...I..I don't know how much more of this I can take."

She looks up at Cyd finally, tears unshed in her eyes. Just the contact alone was pulling her further away from just wanting to just withdraw into herself until she was needed once more. Or just going back to the Steppe and returning to her tribe- Even if she knew that was pointless.

"..If anything were to happen to you...I..I don't think I could take it. And the fact is- it could happen at any given moment with what we are and everything happening. I love you..and I don't want to see anything happen to you..."