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Tuli slowly became aware of her surroundings. She could feel the warm fire against her back even through a few layers of blankets. Her front, however, was being heated by warm flesh and strong arms were wrapped her, just as Tuli's arms were wrapped around the person holding her.

Blinking a few times Tuli shifted and saw Dyson looking down at her. 'Hi.'

'Hi there,' Dyson said with a relieved smile. 'Feeling better?'

'Yeah, mostly,' Tuli nodded a little. 'How long was I out?'

'A couple of hours,' Dyson told her after glancing at a clock. 'Bo and Kenzi are upstairs, they're both okay, just a little worried about you despite Trick's reassurences.'

Tuli smiled happily. 'I'm glad they're alright.' She let her eyes close and snuggled closer to Dyson. 'I'm glad you're alright as well. I'm guessing I latched onto you?'

'Yes, Trick explained. He also told me about the secret ingredient in your tea, which is waiting for you.'

When his words filtered into her still drowsy brain Tuli froze. 'He did.'

'Yes.'

'How much did he explain exactly?'

'Just what is was, nothing else,' Dyson said as he shifted slightly.

Tuli made herself relax. 'I might tell you eventually.'

Dyson chuckled and ran a hand up and down her back. 'I figured it forms a connection of some sort since Trick drinks that tea as well.'

'Yep.' She said simply, not looking up at him.

'You aren't going to tell me are you?'

Tuli smiled. 'Nope.'

'So, what now then?' Dyson asked as she sat up slightly.

'Now...' Tuli sat up properly to look at him, not caring about her nakedness. 'Nothing has changed, just be yourself. Show me who you are.'

Tuli fell silent as Dyson watched her, she could see him thinking.

'Very well,' Dyson said slowly before smiling at her. 'Friends?'

'Sure thing hot stuff.' Tuli stood and smirked as he eyes roamed over her body.

Dyson met her eyes. 'Not exactly shy are you?'

'Nope.'

'Oh for crying out loud Tuli!' Tuli and Dyson turned to find Trick turned away slightly. 'Would you cover up please?'

Tuli sniggered at her friends' exasperation and formed a dress. 'There you go Trick, sorry.'

Trick sighed as he turned around. 'No you aren't.'

'No I'm not.'

'Good to see you awake,' Trick said as he shook his head and walked over. 'Are you feeling better?'

Tuli nodded and stepped out of her nest. 'Yeah, we were just talking.' She reached out and dropped a quick kiss on Trick's cheek. 'That's for not blabbing.'

'I just didn't want my bar set on fire again.'

'I wouldn't have done that...most likely.' Tuli crouched to pour three cups of tea. She handed one to Trick and then stood with the others. Holding one out to Dyson she caught his eye. 'This won't make the potential connection any stronger, unless I let it, which I'm not at the moment. It'll just makes it easier for me to find you.'

In reply Dyson simply took the tea and began to drink it.

Sipping her own tea Tuli headed towards the stairs. 'I'm off to reassure my new friends, I'll let you two talk about said friends.'

Upstairs Tuli had barely emerged from the doorway when she was engulfed in a fierce hug from Kenzi.

'Oh, my god! I am so happy you're okay. I feel so bad. I mean if I hadn't called you, you wouldn't have nearly died. We might have died instead though so, I don't feel totally bad about it but still maybe I could have bashed the kappa myself or - '

Bo appeared and pulled Kenzi away from her. 'First, I'm pretty sure Phoenixes still need to breath. Second, people need a break between comments in order to respond to them.'

Kenzi nodded quickly. 'Right, yeah.' She looked back at Tuli. 'Sorry.'

'It's fine, I'm fine,' Tuli said as she walked towards the table Bo had been sat at. 'And I'm glad you thought to call for me. I should have mentioned it before but it never occurred to me to do so.'

'But you're alright now?' Kenzi asked as they all sat down. 'No more shivers or involuntary sleeping?'

'No more shivers, no more unneeded sleeping.' Tuli said with a reassuring smile.

Bo looked relieved but couldn't help teasing Kenzi. 'I told you to listen to Trick. He told us she'd be fine.'

'He also said, she latched onto Dyson because she felt vulnerable.'

'Well she's fine now,' Bo said before turning her attention to Tuli. 'Speaking of Dyson, please tell me you are going to make a move on him? Because if you aren't impressed by his knight in shining armor routine you are way too picky.'

'I second that,' Kenzi said as she sipped her drink. 'You totally need to hit that. And may I just say, you are a very lucky woman because I saw his wolfie junk and, damn.'

Tuli couldn't help but laugh and settle into her seat with her drink. She was really pleased she had decided to go to Bo's Testing, she wouldn't have missed knowing these two for the world.