Andi is up first again the next morning. She pads downstairs.
"Pancakes sound sizzly, which is good, sizzly is a nice food sound," says Andi, lazily sprawling herself in a kitchen chair and onto the table.
"I think so. I went to bed pretty soon after we talked. You want your pancakes nowish, or when everybody else wakes up?"
"I took it as a pretty encouraging sign when I brought him the stars and he told me this was a kindness and asked me about the water thing instead of going to Bella about it," offers Andi.
"Yeah, I bet it's not. I get some of it when I morph Andalites, but I'm pretty sure starting out human makes a difference. Not to mention starting out me."
"More like - on most things, I can get pretty damn uncomfortable before it really starts bothering me."
"Mmm... you'd call a papercut uncomfortable even if it wasn't that annoying and you could mostly ignore it, right? I feel that way about a broken arm. I just have a really high tolerance for unpleasant shit."