/jumps on~
[Lacus isn't supposed to be talking, but this is a special circumstance. That, and Neil was still out gathering whatever he'd set out to gather, so no one was around to protest.]
[Lacus is smiling as usual, but nothing else about her appearance is as normal. Dark purple bruises around her throat and over her face, the whites of her eyes a deep red. Her light soprano voice is gravely, barely above a whisper.]
Axel -- you're awake. Did you get the cookies I left?