"Cool." Liv sits up and pats Foxy softly. "Be there in a minute."

"Your eggs are getting cold!", calls X from the other room.

"Can't have that!"

Violet pecks a kiss to Liv's nose, then turns, pitches Foxy over her shoulder, and charges out to the kitchen cackling.

"Hey, watch the ears!"

X meets them in the kitchen with two plates, each one with an egg sandwich on it. She looks at the pair and rolls her eyes. "I can hardly pass you these while you're like that, now can I?"

Violet giggles and bends forward, setting Foxy into a chair and then sitting down next to her with an innocent grin.

X deals them their sandwiches, then gets down a couple tall glasses and pours each of them some apple juice. 

"So, good morning darlings. Not much to report from the il'ka, it was a quiet shift. How is everyone this morning?"

"I'm feeling pretty good. Snuggling Vi helped a lot."

"I'm feeling good as well. The rest of our reading was very poignant, and very worth snuggling about."

"Glad to hear it. Care to fill me in over breakfast...?"

Liv comes out of her room looking pretty bleary, and waves halfheartedly at X.

Violet nods, swallows her current bite of sandwich, and takes a sip of juice. "Wind swept the droning old histories away and painted them anew, brighter and faster, and the whole world sped up as it chased the Wind."

She sighs fondly at that thought. "Reminded me of how much more my life is with all of you in it."

"Awwww. Adorable." 

X gets the milk out of the fridge and starts making espresso. "I ate back at the il'ka. Liv, you okay to make your own breakfast?"

She rubs her face. "Yeah, I can manage." She goes over to the fridge, takes out a little tupperware container of oatmeal with raisins in, dumps it out into a bowl and sticks it in the microwave.

Foxy, meanwhile, is busily devouring her sandwich.

Vi blushes, finishes another couple bites, and then continues, "Then a new youth started running with the Wind, but Wind was afraid to slow down, and the runner ran themselves to death."

She squeezes Fox Box protectively as she retells that part.

"I got all teary and had to take a break."

"You know our Foxy, she's a delicate flower." Liv takes her oatmeal out of the microwave and sticks a spoon in it, then walks over to the table and takes a seat with the others.

"And you went and snuggled about it?"

Foxy nods.

"Super valid."

"So now that you're back, I think the obvious thing to do is to get in some reading before you crash, right?"

X smiles. "That would be nice, yes." She sets down the first espresso next to Violet. "Maybe after breakfast?"

Vi swallows the last of her sandwich and sits back with a satisfied smile. "Sounds like a plan."

She picks up her espresso and takes a sip. "Mmmm, one of these days I'm going to make my espressos as good as yours. I'm close, but you're still better. Thanks for all this, love."

X smiles. "It's nothing. I may not be the Earth here, but I like to pretend sometimes." She carefully sets a full demitasse down next to Foxy's plate. "Still, it's nice you noticed."