[Well, he sounds a little better and he's cracking jokes, she'll take it.]
But yeah. More sleep, definitely. Otherwise I'll look like a zombie tomorrow.
[She's tempted to ask for more- for him to morph human, let her hold him, maybe lie with her as she sleeps- but that wouldn't really be about comforting him, that would be about comforting her, and she knows it. So she says nothing.
Instead, she withdraws her hand from his back, lies back down, and closes her eyes. Like him, she's not sure sleep's gonna happen, but she can try.]
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[Well, he sounds a little better and he's cracking jokes, she'll take it.]
But yeah. More sleep, definitely. Otherwise I'll look like a zombie tomorrow.
[She's tempted to ask for more- for him to morph human, let her hold him, maybe lie with her as she sleeps- but that wouldn't really be about comforting him, that would be about comforting her, and she knows it. So she says nothing.
Instead, she withdraws her hand from his back, lies back down, and closes her eyes. Like him, she's not sure sleep's gonna happen, but she can try.]