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Kitty wasn't aware of much beyond a slow, steady beeping and a dull pain that seemed to be intensifying slightly as other familiar sounds came into focus. She had a few, very fuzzy, memories of assorted faces hovering over her. Her parents, a SHIELD agent, doctors, friends... none of it really fit into a timeline that she could put together in her mind, though. Slowly, she opened her eyes, blinking away the blurriness. It didn't take a lot to figure out that she was in a hospital of some sort, and she turned her head slightly, letting out a whimper as the pain in her jaw spiked. She sucked in a breath then clenched her eyes shut again as another sudden twinge in her torso. Well, at least it was pretty obvious that she wasn't dead. That was something.

Who: Emma and Julian
When: At the beginning of the DC trip
Where: On the bus
What: Have a very painful conversation

( I led myself on. )

Katherine Ford carefully smoothed the hair back from her son's face with a gloved hand. She hadn't anticipated the first time she'd be able to do that in nearly two years involving narcotic and stress-induced sleep, and she sighed quietly as she turned away from his bed, wishing she could follow the touch with a kiss to his forehead the way she had when he'd been little.

"He'll wake up soon, Grace. I'm sure of it," she told the other woman in the room as she crossed to Josh's bed...and stooped to give him the kiss (on his cheek, carefully away from the bandages swathing his head) that she hadn't been able to give her own son. "Even if it's just self-defense against mortification." She smiled and reached across to touch her hand gently. "He was such a beautiful little boy," she added quietly. Fondly. "Just as beautiful as he is now."

Who: Mrs. Frost and Kurt
When: Today
Where: Kurt's office
What: Discuss Emma's choice to join the cadets

( She was going to study business! )