Room 313, Monday, All Day

[ambassadorinara]

Inara hadn't slept much the night before, for obvious reasons. The anxiety and horror were lessening to some extent, but she wanted the process of returning to normalcy to be fasterTo that end, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of her room, surrounded on four sides by a lit candle, a bowl of water, a bonzai tree, and the open window,

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[sixstandingby]

Gavin had...well, he had a stuffed animal. He didn't know what else to bring in times like these. But he wanted to bring something. He didn't like showing up empty handed.

He knocked lightly.

[ambassadorinara]

It took a few minutes for Inara to return to herself, but when she did, feeling a little bit better, she called, "It's open."

[sixstandingby]

Gavin pushed open the door, slipped inside and kind of stood there awkwardly. "I...brought a teddy bear." And he held the stuffed bear in front of him.

[ambassadorinara]

She rose to her feet, taking care to blow out the candle and not knock it over. "I see that."

Then, "Thank you."

[solo_sword]

While John was out, Jaina stayed in his room to put herself into a healing trance, just long enough to heal up the minor burn on her arm. When she woke up, she headed back to her room, figuring a shower and change of clothes was needed even if Inara wasn't there.

Since she was, though, Jaina greeted her with, "How are you doing?"

[ambassadorinara]

"Much better than yesterday," she admitted in what was possibly the biggest understatement of her day. "How are you? Were you injured at all?"

[solo_sword]

"A little burned," she said, unthinkingly running a hand over the healed spot. "I already took care of it. Did you stay here last night?"

[ambassadorinara]

"What happened?" She asked, still very cloudy on most of the details. The fact that it was Monday was still a bit jarring. "No, I stayed with Gavin. Did you?"

Then she realized how that sounded. "Er, stay here, I mean. Not with Gavin. Because I probably would have noticed that."