And Ashras shows up at Sadde's place around nine in the morning.

That's late enough that she's in fact awake!

"Good morning!"

"Good morning!" Kiss. "Given that the horrible sphere of fire is up in the sky, what do you want to do?"

"The horrible sphere of fire is pretty horrible. Let's snuggle and watch movies or something."

"Okay! Any preferences?"

"Not especially."

"Okay, then, let's see, how about a musical? I like musicals."

"Sure." Hug.

Eee hug! She hugs back. "Hmm, do you have movies in Aluvanna? And do you prefer an animated musical or live action? If no one's introduced you to Disney yet I might just have to do it."

"We don't! We don't have, like, electronics. No one has introduced me to Disney. I mean, I've heard of Disney, I've read plot summaries, I've never actually seen any."

"Well, then! Let's see, my favorites are The Lion King and Mulan, do you prefer Hamlet with talking animals or Chinese misogynists being shown their place?"

"Let's have Hamlet with talking animals to start. I like Shakespeare."

"Okay!" So she grabs the right file on her computer, then full-screens it and turns off the light. She presses play then pulls Ashras onto her bed.

Cuddles! Lions!

And singing! Sadde may have to stop herself from singing along a couple of times.

That is adorable and he must snuggle her more.

No complaints!

Good. Snuggles are important.

Ooh. Kisses. Kisses are excellent.

And they are still snuggling.

Ooh. Kissing. Gosh.