Takoda opened her mouth wide in an enormous yawn, her arms lifting in an involuntary stretch that mirrored precisely what the fox cub was doing on screen. "More watch?" she asked, the question carrying a sleepy curiosity with no anxiety beneath it, no guarding against the answer.
Sera smiled. "One more, if you like. And then maybe we can draw that funny fox together."
The response was immediate, a fast, decisive head bob. "With big ears!"
One thread drawn tighter. The bruise of the afternoon not gone, but covered carefully, stitched over with small kindnesses, waiting for time to do the rest of its work.
