[ kind of tired-sounding, but there are also some pew pew pew sounds coming from the background. ]

Oh, hey. I just wanted to say that I know some people are still locked up, and that's a shame. And some of those people who are locked up are on laundry duty, and I'm sure you've washed something of mine. So, I just wanted to say thank you. I appreciate it, even if it's not your favorite thing to do.

[Around 2 A.M., Matoi is still up. She sounds a bit sleepy. This whole having to be awake at a certain time is killing her. But her sleep schedule is still so messed up, and she never was much of a sleeper any way.]

[She's kind of annoyed that someone else got their murder recognized with the funeral, but she's been keeping that to herself. And it's kind of hard for her to brood too much on it. Sentience wasn't stupid when it came to trying to keep her in one place. There is nothing more beautiful to her than being celled up with Xellos.]

[Mostly, she's been watching him. Silent, like she is so often. But it's been so long since she's spoken up. And well, Meru is proof that one has to do it every once in a while.]

You were teasing Lina again today.

[ there is a little kitten wandering around the shelter; she has gotten in and is now climbing furniture ]