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Lyon has managed to stomach down some food and has even gotten back to a healthy weight. The nightmares still plague him and he's hardly gotten any sleep, but he doesn't want to disturb Sashima so he hasn't told her, though he's sure she can figure it out. He rubs his eyes and sees a black and gray body lying limp on the ground and he nearly whimpers. He hasn't said his brother's name aloud and he's even asked the kind queen not to mention his brother in front of him.
Dear, Everlasting, make it stop! Lyon begs. There isn't even a waking moment he doesn't think of it.
"Lyon, come here," calls the queen.
"Coming!" he calls back before slipping out of bed and going into the next room to find her hauling human luggage and placing it in a neat fashion, something he's seen plenty of times during his stay so far. "Yes, ma'am?"
Her ears flick, but she doesn't stop. "Do you want to do something?"
Anything to get my mind busy, he thinks, but he merely nods. "Mhm."
"First, come over her and feel how heavy this is," she orders, patting one of the human luggages.
He walks over and grabs the handle and tries t pick it up, but it does't move. "That's heavy! How can you pick it up?" he asks, amazed at the amount of strength this queen possesses and wondering if he can gain it as well.
She smiles. "It takes lots of practice and some of that practice is what you're gonna get. You're gonna help me around here."
"Okay!" he says excitedly, blue-gray eyes bright for the first time in weeks. "What're we doing first?"
He can see that she's glad to see him so excited and begins to show him what she does for a living. He takes it in with rapt attention as they go from the luggage van to where the humans are and show that they're supposed to keep them quiet, a difficult task, but that human kittens are sometimes iffy that you want to show yourself. The human has to be alright with the cat first. She even shows him how she uses her tail to keep a stubborn baby occupied and how she gets food from the kitchen.
"That's so cool! And you do this every day?!" he asks at the end of the day.
She nods her confirmation. "Yes."
He tilts his head, one ear perked and the other hanging loosely. "Can I do this, too?"
"Of course! There might be some boring days, I warn you."
"I can handle that!" he assures before grinning. "That makes you my teacher!"
He's missed having a teacher and she can tell.
"Your mentor, but that's kinda the same thing."
"Can I can you Shimi?" he asks innocently.
With those big blue-gray eyes she wonders if she could ever deny the atrocious nickname knowing what he's been through. "If you want," she nods. "Come on, let's get something to eat."
The kitten perks at the prospect of food and follows the queen into the kitchen. This day of peace, despite how relieving it is for Lyon, doesn't stop the nightmares...
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