Relief and exhaustion [Open]

[nothawkingbird]

It seemed unreal, and yet Kate should have known. They should have looked harder. Other heroes came back before, it wasn't completely surprising for her. Even her father was back. But months past, and they were sure of it. Sure Cassie was gone forever

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[things_go_boom]

Taking care of a growing caterpillar alien-like green dog named, of all things, Dog was a tiring business, even if you were the wunderkind. Lash mostly went with it (still quite unsure if it was male or female or asexual or...SOMETHING it was called It for now) tied around in a bright red leash, as she had seen some pictures of kids with their dogs.

Recently it had been a lot more sluggish than before, and Lash wasn't sure why. It looked...tired? At first she thought she had been feeding it bad things for its diet, but it still ate food. In fact it ate even more than before. Having its life as her responsibility was rather weird for her, but since it had demanded a walk that morning, she had followed along, content to watch it's tiny little feet waddle across the fields.

That's when she noticed Kate and gave her a wave, unknowing she was possibly still sleeping.

*kicks LJ*

[nothawkingbird]

Kate slept on, and only shifted in her sleep as another creature casually sniffed her side. There was a snort before it moved on. She turned over more on her side, and it was more obvious that she was still sleeping at the moment.

[things_go_boom]

Oh well then! Lash didn't feel like bothering her ranger teammate, knowing all too well how important sleep could be in a ship like this. The fields were plenty big to move a creature like hers around, after all.

Unfortunately, Dog decided that this was the perfect moment to run around her and make the lease tighten across her legs. She fell rather unceremoniously close to the other girl with a thud.

"OW!"

[nothawkingbird]

Kate jerked up and her eyes flew open.

"What?!" She looked around, and then blinked at Lash, and her pet?

"Lash? You ok?"