[It's getting late, and Elle is so tired. Maybe she really will go to bed earlier tonight, instead of staying up, restless. Maybe a sense of calmness will finally settle into her bones, and she can sleep. Maybe her dreams won't bother her, and when she wakes up, maybe she'll be a little closer to her old self in the morning.
Maybe.
She's cleaning out her mug and drying it off in the kitchen, preparing it for tomorrow morning's inevitable cup of coffee. Finishing her task, she moves over to where Leeroy is, seated on the couch. Seated in the same place he used to nap.]
C'mon, little Paladin. Let's call it a night.
[But when she reaches down to pick him up, Leeroy stands up and meows. As if he's heard something, but it doesn't make the feline wary or skittish... it makes him curious, like something familiar has returned. He jumps off the couch and trots over to the closed balcony doors, tail in the air. He sits. Meows at it. Paws at it, as if it were a scratching post.]
Leeroy... there aren't any birds out there this time of night.
[What a weird cat. At least that'll be a constant in her life for awhile now. She walks over to the balcony and opens it a crack, just so he can see. She doesn't step out just yet.
Leeroy slips through and saunters out, turning and disappearing out of sight. She can hear purring from where she stands, and now she's just... confused.]
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Maybe.
She's cleaning out her mug and drying it off in the kitchen, preparing it for tomorrow morning's inevitable cup of coffee. Finishing her task, she moves over to where Leeroy is, seated on the couch. Seated in the same place he used to nap.]
C'mon, little Paladin. Let's call it a night.
[But when she reaches down to pick him up, Leeroy stands up and meows. As if he's heard something, but it doesn't make the feline wary or skittish... it makes him curious, like something familiar has returned. He jumps off the couch and trots over to the closed balcony doors, tail in the air. He sits. Meows at it. Paws at it, as if it were a scratching post.]
Leeroy... there aren't any birds out there this time of night.
[What a weird cat. At least that'll be a constant in her life for awhile now. She walks over to the balcony and opens it a crack, just so he can see. She doesn't step out just yet.
Leeroy slips through and saunters out, turning and disappearing out of sight. She can hear purring from where she stands, and now she's just... confused.]