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Post by Syre the BlackGatomon on Nov 22, 2020 20:11:08 GMT
"All we had a chance to do was take a cursory look at the data. Maybe there's more labs, or more we can dig out of it. Right now, all we can really do is wait."
That was the unfortunate truth now. But, it wasn't all bad: everyone, from Holly to Amber and Coal, was now safe in the base - and now they could finally think about themselves. Hearing about dinner, Syre realized that she was also a bit hungry herself, but put that though to the side for the moment.
"Ah, sure. The Knights have a kitchen, but up here you won't really get my cooking or Silence's cooking. Its out the hall, then third door on the left - the fridge is loaded with pre-cooked stuff, you just need to heat it up in the microwave."
Slowly, things seemed like they were starting to settle down. As Gaius explained, even the students were safe and being watched over, and as Gaius brought up the next point? Syre found herself thinking it over, returning a nod towards the griffon. "... I think being up for this long is starting to make my mind race a little too much. It feels overwhelmed, like I should be doing the next thing. But... you're definitely right."
At that comment, even Amber gave a yawn, rubbing the back of her glove against her eyes. "I stayed up late last night, too. Never thought today was going to turn out like this... ugh."
"Its alright, Amber. Even if you can't sleep, at this point it'd probably help for you to just lie down and relax." Syre gave a smile towards her little sister, and then looked towards Gaius. "Thank you. I think I'm just going to head off to my 'room' here and try and relax. I'll, um, try and stop that wolf from trying to recruit you again."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2020 13:34:31 GMT
Maybe I can sift through it to find the important bits? I might be somewhat like the information on there so there could be a compatibility vector… Or uh. What about that chalice AI I read in the mission report?
Though to be honest… Sixer didn’t really trust the AI, nor did she trust chalice. She’d shake her head just a little bit and upon hearing that the kitchen had food that she could quickly make the meicrackmon’s mouth split in a smile wide enough to make her facemask shift a bit.
Well I’ll heat some stuff up… I am very very hungry.”
Sixer gave a small nod to Syre and mumbled to herself, seeming to going over directions among other things. There was a soft shift in her stature where the meicrackmon actually looked to be relaxing ever so slightly. Maybe it was just because she felt comfortable around this family or… well. Maybe she was starting to take it easy finally.
”Holly is definitely your sister all right… Hmm. I’ll see what information I can gather and what else I can accomplish while you rest; my night is still very very young. I’ll see if garlond can assist me.”
Gaius’ eyes flicked to amber at hearing the youth speak; a small smile worked onto his beak and he’d give syre a small nod. He’d adjust and take out a small device; it was an infinity store. Much like those that holly or silence ran around with. Though his was golden rather than the light blue. Must be a product of luminas…
”I have some reading material, drinks and the like if you wish to try to wind down Amber. And iko? He can talk to me about it if he really wishes. My contract remains the same, but he should know that in order to break that contract bits must be paid to my institution… or he has to wait till the physical year is over. Given your sister’s grades I’d prefer the latter.”
Gaius sighed a bit; while holly wasn't failing anymore thanks to her training in Meiphemon and various other forms... She was still barely passing and gaius was adamant about her getting to at least a B in terms of scoring; though his personal preference... He'd rather have her as his number three in study.
"Maybe if I go over some of my studies with your younger sister she'll fall asleep faster ahah..."
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Post by Syre the BlackGatomon on Nov 25, 2020 13:23:45 GMT
"Hm... data might go both ways, though. It wouldn't be good for you to be hurt when you run into some security check. As for Chalice?"
Syre mulled it over. "The Chalice AI in the lab is probably different than the other 'Chalices', though its worrying to me that she showed up there at all. Shoot, there's really a lot here that we don't know." And at this ungodly hour of the morning, the BlackGatomon couldn't theorize or put anything together, much less make any more stunning breakthroughs like she made in the early afternoon. For now, Syre would simply smile and see Sixer off, before returning to speak to Gaius and Amber.
For Syre, this was definitely a first. Gaius often came across as a stalwart, strict teacher. To see him serious about the situation was not surprising, but to see him act so gently with Amber was. The Renamon blinked, looking towards the Infini-Store. "Well... hm." Instead of asking for a book, Amber instead reached for her bag, and took out her sketchbook and a few drawing pencils. "If anything, I think this'll help me relax. Do you mind if I draw you?"
"Heh." Syre gave a chuckle at her sister's straightforwardness, before nodding to the griffon himself. "Anything we discuss now is just going to be lost in the chaos, Gaius. I'm just going to take a pill and try and get as good a night's sleep as I can. If you're not here when I wake up, just, um... you know. Thank you for watching over my younger sisters, and Sixer... oh, and biting the wings off that Devidramon."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2020 14:28:00 GMT
That makes sense. I’ll have to see if I can go through the data on a protected port while reviewing the base data. It’ll detect if there’s measures to it and if there are how to handle them.
Hearing about the Chalice AI in the lab and how they were different than the others didn’t exactly re-assure the meicrackmon variant. But really she had to agree with syre that there wasn’t a lot that they knew about all of this. They’d need to go digging if they were to find anything out. Digging in places that orion couldn’t control… which might mean that the place that she came from would be somewhere they’d need to go back to. But it was something she’d save for later… for now? Food.
Gaius was indeed someone that was serious, stalwart, strict and often more than enough overly firm with his students. But amber wasn’t a student; she was someone caught up in a mess and she was if anything someone that a pair of his students held dear. Why wouldn’t he be gentle?
”Draw me? Mm. Haven’t had my portrait made in a long time. So if you want go right ahead. Lets find you somewhere to sit down first… Mm?”
Gaius turned his head to the blackgatomon and dipped it in a nod. He didn’t seem to mind having to wait; after all everyone here was in a stressful situation and it’d behoove him to at least be patient.
”Of course. I’ll be here when you wake; most of my students are being taken care of by the luminas guards I know of. And don’t think too much of it; it’s well within my responsibilities to care for students or for their families if I have the ability to. Sixer being one of those yes?”
The gryphon would lead amber along if she so wished to an area that they could draw Gaius without much fussing. While also being able to keep an eye out on sixer… that being the cafeteria! The seats were nice enough for long periods of sitting and the meicrackmon would at least have company while they ate…
”Is it just you and your mother that draw amber? Or do your other siblings also have the ability to do so?”
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Post by Amber on Dec 2, 2020 23:26:08 GMT
Well, maybe it wasn't strange that Gaius was being gentle, but it was certainly a strange sight to Syre - though not an unwelcome one! With Sixer in the kitchen, Gaius watching Amber, and with Seb watching Coal, the BlackGatomon felt comfortable enough to retire to her room, and try and salvage whatever sleep she could.
As for Amber, though? The artist was in a completely strange envioronment, didn't know half of what was going on, and hardly knew anyone around here, so of course she couldn't fall asleep! She gave a chuckle as Gaius agreed to be the subject for her next sketch, following right along to the cafeteria. Amber would have a nice surface to set down her sketchbook, and Gaius could keep an easy eye on Sixer.
The fox's ear gave a flick, her pencil already dragging against the page. "Actually, dad draws pretty good. Most of it's... like, medical modelling and sketching stuff, but he knows how to draw cores, organs, diagrams, even mechanical models. But if you mean in the creative sense, that's pretty much just mom and me, yeah."
Even as she spoke, Amber was already getting a good sketch going, a rough outline of the head quickly forming from the grays of the pencil, a thicker outline given with the beak. Amber didn't dwaddle too much on the outline itself, eyes flicking up to the model and back down to the page, already starting to translate a rough image. "Its really more like a lion than a bird, so the head should be more angled downward... and..."
Amber started to mutter to herself. Perhaps Gaius could tell, Amber seemed to take a lot after Holly. Not afraid to experiment - and not afraid to make errors, an eraser ready to take away any stray or even 'experimental' lines.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2020 22:56:22 GMT
Gaius was glad that his student could go off and rest; he understood how this felt. Maybe not to the same degree but the mon knew that if she had lost any of her siblings in this last incident… Well she’d go on a dark path. One he didn’t wish upon her. So he’d be supportive and he’d give her a small wave as the blackgatomon left.
”I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that the Doctor does draw well. Your mother being able to draw shouldn’t be surprising I suppose. She has a creative mind. If not fairly young compared...”
Gaius paused and shook his head; that was not something he should bring up to this child. Not until the parents decided that should be the case. He’d stare at the paper as she drew; flicking an ear for a moment. Seeing that the other took after his student he wondered to himself just what else she might have picked up.
He’d flick his tail and gently tap at the table with a claw; wondering if something like this would distract her and even if it didn’t? Well… He’d mull over a fact as sixer took a seat next to him; she had found one of those meals; by the look of it it was some kind of meatloaf with sides of corn and mashed potatoes. Simple and filling.
”I’m surprised you never asked to draw me amber.”
Sixer snorted a bit and pulled down her mask; showing the somewhat wide mouth she had underneath. She’d take a bite out of her meatloaf, staring at the paper and glancing back to gaius who was just letting amber go along with what she felt like doing. If she wanted to accentuate him a bit more; or give him some kind of more regal pose.. He wouldn’t argue. Though with the scent of food he’d huff a bit; he didn’t realize how hungry he was…
”Is there more of that in the kitchen?”
A few more cases, there was one with amber’s name on it too. I think silence made it for her. Do you guys want some food? It’s pretty good. Lil dry on the meatloaf though...[
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Post by Amber on Dec 10, 2020 16:45:27 GMT
"Hm?"
What was that? Amber gave a blink as Gaius spoke, but seeing the griffin shake his head... okay, fine. She wouldn't poke at that for now. With a mere shrug, the yellow fox would return to her drawing, the details of the sketch coming in over the next few minutes. It served as a great distraction to everything else that had happened over that night, and definitely helped to level herself out. Heck, Amber didn't even notice as Sixer sat down, ear flicking as the MeiAvengemon spoke up.
To that, Amber gave a chuckle! "Well, not yet! You're a big-shot singer, right? I want to draw you as you would be on-stage!" Would Sixer really want a momento of her being a half-robot, with a voice-box affixed to her? No, it seemed better to capture the happier moments of it all. As Amber got the last details of the sketch down, she took out a darker pencil and started to work on more refined lines...
... Only to hear that comment about food. At first, Amber might have felt a twinge of disappointment, but the fox's own stomach gave a growl as she thought about it for more than a few seconds.
"I think a food break would do us all some good..." The fox gave a smile, and carefully put that pad off to the side, before moving to stand up and stretch out her back. "I wonder if Coal's had anything to eat, yet? Well, maybe she's still full from dinner or something..."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2020 18:10:00 GMT
”Don’t worry about it amber. I like how it’s coming along.”
He’d lean on one of his forelegs, staring down at the sketch. She was certainly fast about this sort of work and it made him wonder what other sort of work she could do. Maybe she had a future in map making or sketching building blueprints… The gryphon paused at what amber said though and sixer?
She had stopped eating and there was a moment where it looked like she was about to say something. But instead her eyes welled up with tears and she found herself crying onto her food. The meicrackmon huffing a bit and went to rub her face so that she could get the tears away from the drawing.
That was… so adorably sweet Amber.
Sixer huffed a little bit and turned her head, giving it a small shake so her cheek fur would pop out a bit. She certainly looked happy about that answer and she’d go back to eating after she managed to smooth down her fur. Gaius cracked a rare smile and nodded his head. He’d stand up and stretch, his wings popping a bit…
”She might have? Do you want to go and check on her?”
Gaius glanced between his two charges, he figured that sixer would likely come with them if that was the case… but at the same time? Was it a good idea to stop her from eating for the moment?
I mean you both have terminals right? Give her a text~?
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Post by Amber on Dec 12, 2020 17:20:46 GMT
Did Amber say something wrong?
Almost immediately after Amber let out that happy remark, she noted that Sixer almost seemed to be choking up, tears starting to stream down her face. Even as the fox was complimented afterwards, all Amber could do was return a bit of a nervous smile and a nod, before briefly returning to her drawing.
Well. Maybe 'hope' was just in short supply at the moment. Soon enough came the topic of food, however, and as Sixer gave that simple answer, Amber just gave a nod. "Yeah, I guess I wouldn't want to wake her if she was sleeping or something. Let's see..." She pulled out her D-Terminal, and just shot Coal a quick message:
We're having a midnight snack in the kitchen. Come down if you're hungry, sis!
And, really, Amber would leave it at that! Putting her D-Terminal back away, the fox would move to the kitchen, and pull out that box labelled for her - and blink. "Why would this be here... did mom sneak in tonight and put it in?" Eh, thoughts for later. She'd see if it needed heated up, then nodded over to Gaius. "Its not really my kitchen or Sixer's kitchen, but it looks like there's a bunch of pre-prepared stuff. Syre said to help ourselves, right?"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2020 15:51:58 GMT
Well maybe she’ll be up and at it… didn’t she have sleeping troubles for a while?
Sixer knew that coal was one that preferred to spend most of her days sleeping and just lazing around. So much so that even when she showed up that mikemon was still having to work with her to get her to do exactly opposite of what she was told with holly. Though amber would get a text pretty much immediately…
”Sure! I’ll be there in a minute; just was finishing up something.”
Sixer would follow after amber and gaius would take a moment; finishing his stretch before moving to follow after the pair. The meicrackmon variant was almost done eating and she’d flick her ears a bunch. Gaius picked through some of the packs and blinked a few times as he found a pair of them that he was tempted to try. There was chicken and then there was beef… he was partial to beef but the chicken one was spiced with something he hadn’t tried before.
”That she did. I imagine that someday you might end up with this being your kitchen just as much as silence’s or syre’s.”
Eventually the beef won out and while gaius moved to heat it up? Coal would step in; she looked pretty decent and sep wasn’t too far behind. Sitting next to the door while staring at the quartet. He’d rumble before moving to one of the other fridges. Figuring that he’d just get himself something.
”Gaius.”
”...Sepulchre.”
There was an odd air between the two of them; but gaius and sep didn’t seem to want to interact with one another. Given one was a holy gryphon and the other was a demonic dog. Both were keyed to different siblings or were at least protective in different ways… But gaius definitely seemed to be much stronger than the other. They were both here because of different knights for different reasons as well…
”Still teaching fledgling angels?”
”That I am. Looking to enroll?”
”No. Coal is though.”
Coal would stiffen a bit and nervously rub at her neck and gaius looked a bit surprised; turning his head to look at the other sister who was awkwardly avoiding his gaze…
”Uhm… So what did ma make you sis?”
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Post by Amber on Dec 18, 2020 0:33:29 GMT
"Um... yeah, kind of. Coal sleeps a lot, so the times that she's up are kind of random." Heck, it was probably a good thing that Coal was up when she was, today! Seeing the message returned by Coal, the yellow fox gave a smile, and put the D-Terminal away. Alright, so she didn't have to worry about Coal for now!
It didn't take long for Amber to heat up her own meal - she was done with the microwave before Gaius had even finished deciding - and Amber felt her ear flick at Gaius' comment. "Oh, I dunno about that. Coal's, maybe, but I don't see myself joining the Knights - oh, hi, Coal!" Amber gave a wave as her sister came in, followed by 'Sep' - who immediately seemed to regret stepping into the room. Amber just scooted on by back to the table, opening up her box.
Her ear gave a flick as Coal was mentioned, the fox tilting her head. "Um, let's see... rice, spicy chicken, some vegetables and... it looks like a strawberry cupcake? Homemade, too." The fox gave a chuckle. "I think there was a box in the fridge for you, too. So..." Amber returned her attention to the griffin. "Syre mentioned something about your classes, too. Its for like, fighting, self-defense, something like that?"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 18:20:57 GMT
Heh. Maybe she’s more cat than fox…
Sixer let out a soft chuckle and shifted slightly against the wall, she was still munching away. Getting to the last part of her meal while gaius pulled his own out of one of the microwaves. Honestly the knights had a pretty good set up for something like this. His ears flicking a few times and well…
”Coal? Being interested in being a knight? Hmm. Her temperament seems to suit something more like kizna or the digital field club than the knights. Yours seems to line up more with the knights if I’m being frank.”
Gaius’ eyes locked onto coal who nervously shuffled to pull out one of her prepped meals. Silence had made one for her and it seemed like the shutmon had made her quite the little thing. She’d sigh a little bit and rubbed at her neck; moving to heat it up.
”Looks like brownie, some mashed potatoes and… looks like some meatloaf.”
Coal gave a small smile and flicked her ears as that last question was posed to gaius. The gryphon pausing in his attempt to take a bite. Glancing at sixer and then coal; sep on the other hand seemed to escape his notice being in the back and picking through an entirely different fridge. Maybe he had something set aside? A few moments later a large chunk of meat with a bone was pulled out of the fridge, a container clasping shut as he sat down and started to gnaw at it.
”Fighting. Self defense. Whatever my students tend to need. Holly needed to get out of her assasination training. Your mother needed a little refinement. Her stances were all out of whack and I adjusted them according to her various body types. Syre is a gunnery type fighter and one of my top students. I used to teach military cadets for luminas but now it’s more for… Well those that desire to improve themselves.”
The gryphon blew on the beef that he had picked out before delicately taking about half of the cut into his mouth, tearing it in half and it’d be a moment before the other half joined him. His soft glowing eyes took in amber, then coal and then sixer…
”Truth be told. I’d love to have the three of you as students of mine. But given that you’re all the same level you’d need to be in the same ‘starter’ class and I’m afraid that only has one spot and I’m not about to just take one of you.”
Sixer blinked and feigned surprise while coal nervously shuffled closer to the microwave as it slowly cooked her food. Sep snorted a bit and tapped at the floor.
”Amber is getting training from holly. Coal from Iko. I’m pretty sure that your top student will likely offer training to Sixer. What’s the point of you teaching them?”
”To be fair there isn’t a point unless they want to. I’m merely saying that I would like to teach them.”
”Well hear me out here Gaius. What if I wanted to learn from you hmm?”
Gaius’ eyebrows shot up and he’d slowly blink; looking uncertain for the first time since being here. The gryphon huffed a bit and smoothed down his feathers that had stuck up during that little comment.
”Well I’d first have to get you enrolled at the academy and we’d have to see where your skills lay. From what I know of you, you’re simply a… lapdog for silence.”
”Guard, soldier, knight in arms. Whatever have at you.”
Sep growled out and went back to eating his ‘haunch’ of meat; seeming content with the mention of his interest. Gaius eyed the ‘dog’ for a moment before just shaking his head.
”Truth be told, we don’t get a lot of ‘outsiders’ that sign up for my classes. Mostly rich digimon children from luminas families. Your family is one of the only ones that has such a constant theme in signing up for it… Might be why Iko wants me to join the knights so badly hah...”
”Having a dedicated trainer would increase the likelihood of survival in missions and events you know…”
”...Don’t you start on me too…”
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Post by Amber on Dec 29, 2020 18:05:34 GMT
That comment from Gaius made Amber's ear give a flick. The yellow Renamon-X, a Knight? The Renamon gave a blink, looking over to the griffin as she tilted her head.
"I... um. I don't fight, though." Amber's tone was rather quizzical, wondering just how Gaius got that impression. "I mean, I know this art-thing getting off the ground is a difficult thing and I might have to do something else, but I just can't see myself doing anything that might mess up my hands that bad. This," Amber tapped her drawing pad with the back of her knuckle, "is important to me."
Selfish, perhaps, but the fox was at least honest to herself. It was surprising to hear just how much of Amber's family was wrapped up in Gaius' classes, though. Silence, Syre, and Holly? "Mmm..." Was it something that Amber should look into a little more? Even being told that she could be a student, well, she was more-or-less tied to Holly at this point. As the conversation started to go on in the background, the fox found her ear giving a flick.
No, not at Sep and Gaius' bickering - but at the soft footsteps of Syre, once more walking into the kitchen, stifling a yawn with her glove. "... You okay, sis?"
"Um..." Syre blinked, idly looking in Amber's direction, then towards Gaius. "I'm... um. Can't sleep. Don't think being up in the base is doing well for my nerves, either." The feline gave a sigh, shaking her head. "Sorry. Gaius, can you look over them for a bit longer? I'm gonna... get back to my apartment. Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere while I'm like this." Syre waved her hand in front of her face, referring to her entire mental state.
"I just... 'can't' right now."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2021 5:41:07 GMT
”A knight can do more than just fight, scouting, information gathering. Having your ear to the ground is just as powerful as being able to fight your foes. Your abilities would make you a world class scout if properly trained.”
Gaius hummed a little bit and he’d flick his ears hearing that she would rather not risk her hands. The gryphon nodded his head slowly and shifted just a bit; he knew the sort. He loved flying but couldn’t do it all too often due to an injury that wasn’t properly treated a long long time ago.
Gaius halted his conversation with sep and turned his soft golden eyes to syre. Hearing that she couldn’t sleep and that the base wasn’t doing well for her nerves? The gryphon slowly nodded his head at her request.
”I can handle it as long as you need. I’ll see if my daughter is up to anything right now; she’ll likely be up to help. Take care of yourself Syre.”
Gaius didn’t seem too bothered by the fact and even had someone he could bring in? Though the drop of him having a daughter likely made this even more… strange given that the mon had never talked about her before. But then again a large part of his past was still a mystery to most of his students so…
”Hmm… Just do what you need to okay?”
Coal piped up a bit; managing a small but worried smile to her sister and sixer? Well the meicrackmon would pad over, reaching down to put a hand on syre’s shoulder.
”Like they said, take care of yourself. We’re safe. You helped. My terminal will be on if you need someone to talk to.”
It was unlikely that sixer was going to go to bed anytime soon and with how coal slept? She’d probably go and pass out in a few hours. Sep shifted a little bit; leaning to look to the bunch.
”The others will be back off of patrol within the hour. Everything should be fine if that helps at all.”
”...How do you know they’ll be back?”
”Why do you think I’m still here? Silence asked me to and I’m betting she’s doing the same with the others. Lux is upstairs with holly already.”
Gaius blinked a little bit; furrowed his brow and found the signal of the strange bird like digimon. He’d let out a little huff; irritated that he couldn’t detect them earlier...
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Post by Amber on Jan 17, 2021 18:24:28 GMT
"M-maybe..."
Amber sounded uncertain, though, her voice giving a small waiver as she considered it. Her, a Knight? That involved patrols, scouting, and... ugh, it was a lot to think about, especially around 2 in the morning. She shook her head, and went back to her drawing for a few more moments - until she saw Syre entering the room.
Fur disheveled. Utter;y exhausted. And worried for every other person in the room other than herself. Hearing Gaius', Coal's, and Sixer's encouragement, the BlackGatomon gave a nod - and even gave a small hug around the MeiAvengemon's shoulders.
"I'm glad. We'll... we'll corner him, Sixer. You'll have your life back and be free of this entire mess, I'm sure of it." The feline gave a nod, and opening her portal, would step back out.
This left Amber looking on, giving a blink at where the portal was, before looking right back down at her drawing pad.
"... My big sister's amazing, isn't she." Amber, detached from the rest of that conversation, simply blurted that out loud. "I could tell... she's on the verge of tears. But despite it all, she kept a smile on her face. Tch..."
The fox shook her head, closed her pad, and tucked the entire thing under her arm. She walked right by Coal, and rested a hand on her shoulder.
"Remember to get some sleep. Dad said he doesn't want you on Holly's sleeping schedule." The 'big sister' would nod, and would make her own way out of the room.
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