He almost thinks she's gone to sleep, and for a short, strange moment it's actually too quiet, Jason's mouth opening to see if she's down for the count when he feels a puff of breath against his neck.

It's...

He sees why it freaked her out, his ears going hot in the way they only do when he thinks of Talia, and Jason's foot catches against a root. "Shit!" he grunts, catching her first and then his own knee against the ground, breath coming uneven in a way that has nothing to do with the ache in his knee. "Sorry."