Room 315 [Thursday Late Morning]

[stupid_toasters]

Between Lieutenant Kerrigan's message and the radio announcement, Lee had decided, of his own volition (and not because he was afraid Kerrigan would stick him to anymore walls) to keep himself holed up in his room for the time being

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[ecirpnellehada]

There would probably never be a time when Adah's self-awareness would not build up to include a good handful of excuses for certain behaviors. She had her excuse for being worried (who wouldn't be?). She had her excuse for being there in the first place (she was coming down from a different floor, anyway). She even had her excuse for hoping that when she did make it down the hallway, the lights would be out and the room would be empty (it would verify that she actually had a reason to be worried and that it wasn't just foolishness -- or something worse -- boiling her stomach). She even had an excuse (that damn rabbit) for why it looked like she hadn't slept hardly at all last night

[stupid_toasters]

"Well, not the whole time," he said, frowning in concern and getting off his bed. "Are you all right? What's wrong?"

[D'oh!]

[ecirpnellehada]

What's wrong? What's wrong? Adah opened her eyes so that she could stare at the Eel incredulously, sucking in a breath but trying not to show it. What's wrong, indeed. Adah wouldn't be surprised to find out in a moment that the Eel couldn't see an inch past his own hand sometime.

Her mouth tightened a bit before she said anything. She was trying to talk herself down from the response she came up with, since she knew that she probably looked quite the opposite of what she was going to say.

But it came out anyway. "Nothing. And I'm fine."

And then a little more slipped out, more than she would have wanted even if he didn't clearly look quite the opposite of what she was going to ask.

"...Are you? Okay, I mean?"

[stupid_toasters]

"I'm fine," he said, crossing the room towards her. "I'm fine, frak, I'm sorry. I didn't even think. I'm sorry, I'm fine. Are you?"