"Of course. It's like food or alcohol, too little and too much are both bad for your health."

..yeah, maybe she's had enough water. 

(She's looking a bit less like she's going to collapse! progress.)

"Is there anything else you need right away?"

"The Dawnflower's church will shelter you if you need it, children."

Flinch.

...She steps between Ember and the man, only stumbling a bit. 

Glaaaareeeee.

"It's alright. He doesn't mean us any harm, it's just... he trusts in his goddess, and thinks she wouldn't let us come to harm, but..."

"Because she wouldn't."

This seems like a bad place to be for Ember.

...Maybe they can they go somewhere else?

She... reaches out for Ember's arm, slowly, hesitantly.

Ember gives her her arm again!

Great! Can they... walk away from this guy who stresses Ember out?

They can do that! Is Muvaki trying to steer them in any particular direction or is she letting Ember lead?

Muvaki lets Ember steer once they are Away From Church.

"...hungry," she says timidly, after they've gone a few blocks.

"I know a baker who I bet will give us some bread if we ask!" she says, as if this was a completely normal way to suggest acquiring food. She turns right onto another street.

She doesn't think that's how it works?? she's not the one in charge.

Follow follow. She's leaning into Ember a lot as she goes. (She really doesn't weigh much at all.)

The baker is a middle-aged man who sounds perpetually slightly out of breath. He gives them a wide smile as they enter.

"Ember, good to see you! And who's your friend here?"

Muvaki's body language tenses up a bit in the presence of New Person, though her brain does remind her that (a) they have come to this location to procure supplies from this man who (b) she should not be surprised or alarmed about being here. In his bakery. Where he works.

(She doesn't say anything. The man was talking to Ember.)

"I just met her today!" says Ember, because Muvaki seemed worried earlier that her name could make it easier for her army to find her. "She was stuck in a very bad place and she only just got out, would you be willing to share some of your food?"

"Well, I've got a business to run, but you're in luck, I had some rolls come out a little burnt earlier. They should be fine to eat if you scrape off the outer part." He hands them over.

She beams at him. "Thank you!"

Muvaki quickly discovers that she's very hungry. She inhales the roll that Ember passes to her, eyes wide. 

Ember passes her another one. They're crispy on the outsides, even on the sides that aren't burnt, but the insides are chewy and still a little warm.

This one she eats a bit slower. There is, in fact, sufficient visual evidence for a canny observer to conclude that she is in fact chewing each mouthful, perhaps even multiple times, before swallowing it.

(...She also looks like she's... trying not to cry??)

...pat pat?

This is confusing to Muvaki! 

...it's even more confusing when she finds herself relaxing, even leaning into it, after the initial spike of tension from contact. 

(What is wrong with you, the actually-smart parts of her brain asks, but she's so worn out that she... doesn't have an answer for it, not really.)