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[forestpride]

[San is ordinarily an early riser. Those who live with her in Cecil and Terra's ridiculously crowded home should be accustomed to her getting up and taking a walk, or trying to make herself busy in the house, before the rest of the family rises for real. Sometimes she even starts breakfast! (Not that she's very good at it.)

Usually these things don'

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[markofthebrave]

[Blink.]

San? Are you okay?

[forestpride]

[oh. It's Katara. ...It's pretty impossible to hide things from Katara.]

I just needed a walk.

[markofthebrave]

In your pajamas? [Katara frowns in concern. She's known San since they were little - being outside calms her down. But not even bothering to get dressed?]

[forestpride]

It was a really important walk.

[As hard as San tried to erase the evidence, her face is still puffy and her eyes red]

[markofthebrave]

[Huh.]

Then let's walk a little more. We can head over to my apartment and get you some tea and shoes.

[forestpride]

I...I guess.

[Katara why are you so nice, it's making it hard to be stoic.]

[markofthebrave]

[And they start walking...]

It's a good thing it's starting to warm up - you'd be on your way to getting hypothermia if you were out here like this a few months ago.

[...her dad's a doctor and she's studying to be one, OK? This is casual conversation.]

[forestpride]

I know how to survive outside.

[Ginko for a cousin.]

Why are you out this early?