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[takingcareof]

River wasn't sure what to do after her swimming with Dean. She'd wanted to talk to Inara or Alice, but she hadn't been able to find either of them. She thought about that Doctor Cuddy, but dismissed it. She'd been to bed with Dean

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[aneasyheart]

"Oh, Hey.." Sam let out softly. He was surprised to feel a body curling around his until he saw who it was and strangely... it seemed too appropriate somehow. He wrapped strong arms around her, enveloping her lithe body in a warm embrace.

"You all right?" He asked her gently. One big hand ghosting it's way over the back of her hand, down over her long hair.

[takingcareof]

It wasn't the same as Simon, but it helped. "Are people going home?" she asked, hoping he would know. "They're disappearing. Maybe the Hotel is swallowing them whole." She didn't think the hotel was sentient to that degree, but she wasn't sure of much at this point. She knew this wasn't Miranda, but it wasn't logical. Wasn't sane. For once, she had the market on sanity.

[aneasyheart]

"I don't think anyone's going home yet." He said, not entirely sure how to answer, but feeling like he needed to. "Who's been disappearing on you?" He asked attentively.

[takingcareof]

"Inara. Alice." She doubted he knew Inara yet, but he was smarter than she used to give him credit for. He could guess. "Can't talk to anyone else. But 大熊猫 has his uses." She snuggled a little, in a strictly sisterly way. He was enormous and overwhelming, like a panda. And he didn't seem to object to petting her hair like Simon did.

Mandarin Chinese: dà xióng māo - "giant panda."

[takingcareof]

River seemed to understand that, and walked in silence for a few minutes more, digesting. "Has it been very bad?" she finally asked. She didn't even want specifics - she figured it was Dean's place to tell her that. But Dean didn't talk about his past, and she wanted to know something. But if she asked, he'd push her away. She was nearly certain of that.

[aneasyheart]

"Yeah... it was bad." Sam said, not sure what to say exactly or how much. "Not constantly, but it's been bad enough."

[takingcareof]

River nodded. "I'm sorry." It wasn't even commiseration; just a statement of fact.

She was tired of being sad, though, and looked up at Sam, stopping in her tracks, just because she could. "You met Inara?"

[aneasyheart]

Sam stopped because she did and because what she said caught him off guard a little. "Inara? Yeah, I met Inara." He confirmed with a slight nod.