"I- okay.  You, uh- as far as I'm concerned, you can sleep in whenever you feel like it?"  She reaches out, but hesitates just before completing the contact.  "Let's- get some breakfast, yeah?"

Blaze half goes to finish the contact, but can't quite make herself do so. She nods. "I- yes. I- It's just- I'll be fine. I just... need to. Get used to it."

After a moment, Cassie notices and puts an arm tentatively around her shoulders.  "Yeah.  You can- let me know if there's something you're not comfortable with... if you're comfortable doing that?"

She leans into the contact. "I- I'll try?" she promises.

Gentle squeeze.  "Okay.  Thank you."

She still isn't particularly used to being thanked. Hesitates for a moment, before: "I- you said, breakfast?"

"Right, yeah."  She leaves her arm where it is; how to fix breakfast while hugging is a problem for Future Cassie.  "Could do poptarts, or toast, or eggs if they're still good- Schrodinger's eggs?"

"...Schrodinger's eggs?"

"Oh, uh, it's this... thought experiment, from quantum mechanics?  Lemme see if I can remember it- so, when you get down small enough- you saw the atoms episode, yeah?  That small- things start acting different when you observe them, because you can't observe them without interfering with them?  So the idea is there's a cat in a box, not a real cat, just a thought experiment cat, and you don't know whether the cat is alive or dead until you open it."  She glances at Blaze to see how well she's following.

She's frowning a little, but seems to have actually followed that, at least in theory. "So- we don't know if the eggs are alright until we look at them? Or- probably crack them open. You can't really tell if an egg is off with the shell still on..."

"Yep- I mean, I was joking, 'cause the eggs are definitely either bad or not bad.  But you're right, that's what I meant."

"Only one way to find out if they're one way or the other though, right?"

"Right.  So we should probably get off the couch, huh."  Can they do that while still halfway hugging?  She tries scooting forward while leaving her arm around Blaze, but only gets halfway to her chair.

Blaze moves with her, doing her best to try and offer some support.

Then Cassie will be able to settle in without taking the arm more than halfway off of Blaze.  It does mean her chair has to do the tiptoeing-cat tall walk if they're going to get to the kitchen like this, but that's not exactly a hardship.

Blaze gives a small frown, and makes a half gesture, that seems to indicate stepping away. "I can- if that's easier?"

"Only if you want.  I bet we could do breakfast as a three-legged race- at least toast and poptarts, eggs might be harder."

Blaze considers the kitchen setup. Then, in a surprisingly brave move: "I think we can manage it?"

Cassie flashes her a sideways grin.  "Yeah, let's try.  Worst that happens is we get egg on something an' have to wipe it up."

Well then, slightly awkward cooking! Although it's pretty clear that Blaze has some experience cooking with some handicap (more likely injuries than something this pleasant).

Blaze is contributing most of the cooking skill to this two-headed chef, but Cassie can bring enthusiasm and knowing where the utensils are.  She starts giggling about halfway through.  (And the eggs do turn out to still be good.)

Blaze finds herself smiling happily as they do this, she always liked cooking, and there's something about this that's enjoyable.

And then Cassie tries to go the wrong way and Blaze's foot is where her chair tries to step.  She pulls back as soon as she makes contact, before she puts any weight on it, but in the process overbalances in the other direction and has to grab onto Blaze and the counter, dropping the forks she was getting out.  "Sorry!  Sorry sorry you okay?"

Blaze responds, trying to help Cassie right herself. "Uh- yes? I- what?"

"Didn't mean to yank you over, sorry."  She gets her legs better distributed and takes her weight back off Blaze and the counter.  "Guess that's one way to test the edge cases?"  She raises and lowers the chair by a foot or so and makes a couple of minor adjustments to foot positioning.