Room 313, Monday, All Day

[ambassadorinara]

Inara hadn't slept much the night before, for obvious reasons. The anxiety and horror were lessening to some extent, but she wanted the process of returning to normalcy to be fasterTo that end, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of her room, surrounded on four sides by a lit candle, a bowl of water, a bonzai tree, and the open window,

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[sixstandingby]

Gavin had...well, he had a stuffed animal. He didn't know what else to bring in times like these. But he wanted to bring something. He didn't like showing up empty handed.

He knocked lightly.

[ambassadorinara]

It took a few minutes for Inara to return to herself, but when she did, feeling a little bit better, she called, "It's open."

[sixstandingby]

Gavin pushed open the door, slipped inside and kind of stood there awkwardly. "I...brought a teddy bear." And he held the stuffed bear in front of him.

[ambassadorinara]

She rose to her feet, taking care to blow out the candle and not knock it over. "I see that."

Then, "Thank you."

[sixstandingby]

"Welcome," he said, fidgeting some. "I didn't know what else to do. I thought it might help though."

[ambassadorinara]

"You were alive and rescued me," she said quietly. "That by itself would have been enough."

"Would you like to sit?"

[sixstandingby]

"Sure," he said and looked forward. "Floor? Bed? Desk chair?"

[ambassadorinara]

"Anywhere you like," she told him, then smiled slightly. "Ignore the mess, please."

[sixstandingby]

"You should see my room," he said and took a seat on the floor, stretching out his legs.

[ambassadorinara]

She sat down on the floor near him and noted idly that her legs were much shorter than his. "I have. Unless you've moved?"

[sixstandingby]

He laughed and said, "No, I mean lately. It's a bigger mess than this."

[ambassadorinara]

"I like when your room's messy."

[sixstandingby]

"Because you like tripping over various things?" Gavin asked.

[ambassadorinara]

"Well, that does add a bit of adventure, yes," she laughed, "but I meant because it feels more lived in. Homey. Comfortable. Like you're there, even when you're not."

[sixstandingby]

"It still needs a cleaning," he decided. "It's just very...haphazard right now. Hazardous to my health."

[ambassadorinara]

"I could help you, if you'd like?"