She shifts a little, getting more comfortable, and sleeps.

Half an hour later, Esca lifts his head as the door is opened, but lays back down when he's met with an inquisitive 'meow'.

Shortly there after, two cats - Monarch and another - curl themselves into the space between Esca and Denice.

She tenses, but doesn't wake.

There's a light tap on her door a few hours later - probably about dinner time.

She comes awake, squinting briefly and confusedly at the cats before turning her attention to the door. "Mrrr?"

The non-Monarch cat lifts their head, blinks lazily at her, and then curls back up.

"I brought dinner," Angelique says, holding up the tray. "And also some CDs and a player. A few are music, and there's a couple of audio books as well."

She seems about as enthusiastic about that as Angie's seen her be about anything.

Angelique smiles warmly, putting the tray down, and bringing the CDs and player over. "I brought a mini speaker and a set of headphones," she explains. "Up to you which you use, both plug in here," she points to the socket.

Her eyes lock onto the headphones as soon as they're visible, and she goes very tense; something is clearly wrong.

Angelique notices, and immediately tucks the headphones away behind her, and plugs the speaker in. "I'm sorry," she says, sounding genuinely regretful. "Just the speaker then."

Angelique chooses a random CD, and slots it into the player. "I'm not sure what's wrong," she says carefully, "although something obviously is. But the headphones obviously upset you, so we're going to just...not have them anywhere near you."

She doesn't relax - tenses up slightly, if anything - but nods, once, jerkily.

"Okay," Angelique says. "I'm going to leave you in peace. Dinner's there if you want it."

This gets another nod. She doesn't look at the food; she's still very focused on Angelique.

All Angelique does is leave, like she said she was going to.

Esca shuffles a little closer.

She holds out for a few seconds after Angie leaves, and then flops over and snuggles up to Esca; a few moments later, she's crying, sobbing as quietly as she can into his fur.

He snuggles up against her, giving a quiet rumble.

The cats shift obligingly to let her do this, but stay fairly close to her as well.

Sniffle.

Cling.

Gentle nuzzle.