"She is! Now I wonder if you can guess Maya and Hailey."

"Hmm... not sure?"

"Orange and green, respectively."

"Hmm." He thinks about that for a second. "Okay, I think I got it."

She smiles up at him from the bed. "Really glad we know you."

"I'm glad too."

He changes clothes and gets into the bed.

"...you know what I totally forgot about, I totally forgot about baths. I'll try again tomorrow, if I remember."

She leans over and kisses him lightly. "If you find one, maybe I'll even join you."

He blushes. "If you want!"

She snuggles close with a blushy smile. Is it time to drift off? It might be time to drift off.

It's looking like that time!

At dawn, as usual, the constellations orbit closer in their mindspace. Their accumulated reach flings itself outward and tries to grasp an enormous star, but slips free.

They snap awake with a groan.

"Eh? Y'okay?" comes the sleepy mumble. "...right, 's morning."

She shakes her head a bit to clear it, then kisses him lightly and says, "No new skill today."

Then she gets up and stretches.

Torok smiles sleepily at her.

"Sleep well?"

"Yeah! You?"

He gets out of bed and starts changing back into his chitinous armour.

"Pretty well, yeah. You make a nice teddy bear."

She starts checking her stuff and grabbing her bags. "Oh! We should probably go over the gem denominations at some point."

"Right, yeah! Uh, one is green, ten is yellow, twenty is red, fifty is purple, a hundred is orange. They're all different shapes too. There might be more different kinds out there but those are all the ones Hazel showed me."

"Thanks!" She smiles appreciatively. "Have I said you look really dashing in that armor lately? Because you deserve to be reminded of that."

"Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to look nearly this good but I guess Hazel's great at fashion on top of alchemy."

"That, and also you're just also quite handsome."

She throws her bags on her back.

"Ready for breakfast?"

(A hint of a blush.)

"Mhm!"

Down the stairs they go! Just like last time, the place is pretty deserted at this early hour.

A yawning calico catboy shows up to inform them that today's breakfast will be vegetable stir-fry.