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You got it, dude.

[He goes to dig out his spare clothes and get changed, but it definitely takes him longer than usual before he makes his way to the fort and kind of flops inside.]

[Puts some water on, and starts digging things out her satchel]

Mm, you prefer grape or cherry?

What, like the actual fruit?

[Busy pulling a mound of blankets over himself.]

[Tosses a bottle of some sort of purple stuff at him]

Cold medicine. Crack that baby open, 'kay? Should help you sound less like warmed-over death.

[Peers at the bottle and shrugs, then shakes it and twists the top until it gives]

[He takes a swig from the bottle - makes a face, and takes another.]

...this stuff's gross, dude.

That's how you know it's good for you. Here, you can wash it down with this.

[Comes over with a bowl of miso soup, still steaming; offers it in exchange for the bottle]

[...takes it.]

Man, you really went all out.

[Shrugs, arranging the pillows into a better little nest behind him]

'S not the fancy kind or nothing. Not that it won't do the job.

[Ducks his head a little, and leans back against the pillows, careful.]

Looks pretty awesome to me, fancy or no.

Taste it first before you start saying too much.

[Sets the cold medicine just outside the fort and heads back out to check on tea]

That enough blankets? I brought an extra, in case.

[Takes a sip and swallows, with difficulty. It still hurts to get anything down, but the heat's nice on his throat.]

...s'good.

I'll take that blanket, too, if you got it.

You got the electric one plugged in?

[She comes over with an obviously Avante bedspread nevertheless, and drapes it unceremoniously over him--remembers the soup at the last minute and pulls back from going completely over him, letting it go around his waist instead]

...Try to finish that off. Gotta feed a cold, I think.

Forgot to plug in the electric one. Maybe this'll be enough. S'pretty big.

[He takes another sip of soup, careful.]

[Goes back to mess with some more stuff in their makeshift kitchen again]

Give it a bit, see how it goes. 'Course you're gonna be cold if you keep squirming around.

M'not squirming.

[He takes another sip, both hands cupped around the bowl for the heat. His eyes are glazed over a bit more than before.]

Keep still and drink your miso, then.

[She putters around a bit longer before poking her head back in, their thermoses from before hooked on her finger.]

...Man, you really look like shit.

...mm?

Just tired, is all.

[He looks tired, too. More tired even than he usually looks, these days, and that's saying something.]

[He does take another sip of the soup, though.]

More than tired.

[Pauses, shifting her weight]

You feel like lying down, let me know.

Naw, I'm doing okay. Just gonna - gonna finish up my soup.

[He blinks at the soup in his hands - sares blankly for a long couple of seconds, before he takes another sip.]

Okay... You feel like dropping soup all over my bedspread, you let me know. Preferably beforehand.

Aye aye, captain.

...how bout you, you gonna eat?

Afraid I'm gonna steal your dinner?

Pretty sure you'd've done it already if you were gonna.

[Sips at the soup.]

I mean, I did, but something's telling me you aren't finding it that much of a loss at the moment.

[Settles near the entrance with her lunchbox, since of course she'd taken them along with all the other crap]

...Guess you wouldn't notice how bland this stuff tastes, at least.

Dude. For real, you sure you don't want some soup?

I don't mind sharing.

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