Room 528 - Friday Evening

[bruiser_in_pink]

Molly was ostensibly reading a comic, but her mind was more focused on how to talk to Altra without Karal knowing about it first. She knew that what she wanted to say to the firecat would upset Karal if he knew about it beforehand, but she couldn't not say it. The problem was that Altra tended to make himself absent when Molly and Karal were

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[vkandis_son]

:I could hear you from Karal's room.: Altra was sitting in her doorway, tail curled around his paws, watching her out of unblinking eyes.

[bruiser_in_pink]

"Altra." Molly sat up, a little surprised. "Do you know why I want to talk to you then?"

[vkandis_son]

:I don't eavesdrop unless I have to, so no.: He yawned and stretched to his feet before padding over and jumping on Karal's desk. :But that you wanted to talk was coming through clearly.:

[bruiser_in_pink]

Molly scooted to the edge of her bed and faced the cat. She thought carefully about how to say what she wanted to say. She didn't want to be disrespectful, but she had to say something.

"Why did you stay away so long?" she finally asked. Her tone had an edge of pleading in it, as if Altra's absence had been painful to her personally.