Nara sits on the balcony, wrapped in a blanket. She has a cup of tea, which she's trying to warm her hands around, and she's been reading a book she found in the study
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Concentrating hard, Zhilbar began to teleport over; Sam had a very tricky teleport encryption that was tough to manage, but He wasn't considered the sneakiest shifter in ten thousand realities for nothing!
Staggering an arrival at the balcony she liked so much, He stared at her... so different! So Ora still! So... cold! "My dear, are you all right!?" He rushed over to her and clasped His hands around her own as they held the teacup, trying to warm her as best He could with His own inner heat. "Let's get you someplace less chilled!"
"No," she says, looking up at him. He's familiar, but in a frustrating sort of a way that doesn't tell her anything about him. She doesn't pull her hands away -- yet. "I like it out here. The cold is all right. I'm growing used to it. Rodney has said they will try and find a way of making it better."
He rubs her hands slowly with His own, trying to chafe warmth and sensation into them... they seemed far too cold as they were. "What kind of better did they have in mind?" His heart ached to see her as she was, no real clue as to His nature and vulnerable to the elements as He had never seen before. "...How have you been settling in again?"
"I don't know. Warmer." She looks down into her teacup. "I don't like the cold much...but everywhere is cold now. So I ignore it. Or hide." She looks up at him again, tilting her head. "I've settled all right. I have been remembering things...not much, but a little. I went to see my island."
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Staggering an arrival at the balcony she liked so much, He stared at her... so different! So Ora still! So... cold! "My dear, are you all right!?" He rushed over to her and clasped His hands around her own as they held the teacup, trying to warm her as best He could with His own inner heat. "Let's get you someplace less chilled!"
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