They hadn't reacted as she had expected. There had been tears for sure, but not out of pity, they hadn't skirted around anything, hadn't tip toed around with their words. They hadn't treated her as frail or weak.

It had been nice.

Certainly a relief.

But the excitement of their visit had left her with little energy to spare and so it wasn't long after their departure that Kagome found herself drifting to sleep.