She sees the light ahead of them before any of her crew, a gathering near the ceiling of the Neath and then an arc downwards into the black waters of the zee. She throws her arm before her eyes, and is still left blinking spots out of her gaze.
"What was that?" a crewmember calls out in alarm.
"I don't know," she replies, "but we're checking it out."
There's murmurs, but her crew do as commanded.
“Especially considering the time limit.” Kim’s voice sounds very far away, even to her.
“I wonder if the Ascendent would worship it over the Great Chain if they knew.”
“I’m...I don’t know. It’s, a lot to take in.”
Kim laughs suddenly. “I do believe that I am trusting your word because you glow. Sorry,” she says, a little ruefully.
Lilian doesn't really know what to say to that, and isn't sure of human rituals of offering comfort.
Kim isn’t particularly good with physical affection anyway, after years of being told it was a weakness.
She shakes her head, like she’s repressing what she actually feels, and offers Lillian a smile. “I hope you don’t mind, but I’m going to grab a few hours sleep. I won’t do anyone any good if I don’t.”
“Wake me if you hear anything. Or if you need anything.”
Kim finds the comfiest bit of ground near her, folds her arms up to rest her head on them, and is seemingly asleep in moments.
"Alright."
She sits and sort of - changes her focus, from the material world before her to the world of the judgements. The rules here are strange - she's been in the lightless wilderness between realms, but here... This is within a realm, just hidden from the ruling judgement's light, and she's more and more convinced something else is influencing the rules.
She could probably change them, given enough time and motivation. She doesn't particularly want to, especially since she's never actually established a realm before.
Kim meditates until she sleeps, fitful and uneasy, but she does manage it.
Kim wakes, and blearily forces herself upwards, stretching out sore and cold limbs. She smiles at Lillian.
Then she pauses, and stands up, running through a series of full body stretches.
"Muscles are stiff. This warms them up so I don't get cramps. Or stiffness."
She settles into a first position, raising an eyebrow at Lillian.
Kim takes her through a few easy poses, fluidly changing from one to the other. It's clear that despite her bulk, Kim is quite flexible and has an easy grace with the movements.
Lillian - is having zero trouble with any flexibility questions.
(She likes moving this body, it's interesting to learn new ways to point it.)
She doesn't have an easy grace, her body sometimes jerks into the pose, so this is also really good practice for moving naturally.
Kim corrects Lillian’s stance a few times, with quick, gentle touches. Just to make sure she’s properly stable, though her hands do want to linger.
Lillian doesn't mind at all.
(There's one occasion where she really, logically, should've fallen over at some point, but doesn't.)
(Kim definitely notices, but quite likes gently correcting her stance, even if it doesn’t matter)
Kim stretches her arms a certain way, and there is an audible pop. She sighs in pleasure.
“I’ve always found it relaxing. Helps when you’re on your feet all day.” She pauses, and grins. “Helps humans anyway, I’m not sure that a judgements body gets stiff.”
"I'm not really made of the same stuff humans are? I just compressed my star-stuff down a lot and made it human shaped. We - can get tired and something that's I think close to sore, but it's more mental or spiritual?"
“Yeah, never seen a star with a leg cramp,” Kim says.
She tilts her head, considering what Lillian said. “Is there anything I could do to help that? Or soothe it? Stretching works for me when I’m sore, we could find something to help when you get mentally so?”
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