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[justgo]

It's Tess. State your business and give me time to get back to you.

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[justgo]

Was tryin' to see if anything like this happened in the past. [There's a hand being waved to follow up, excuse it because she's hardly had luck with it. It's evident in the way she moves to set the tablet aside, head shaking with the gesture.] Enough about that.

Still feel like you wanna throw up? [A careful look before she pats a spot on the bed.]

[vaccination]

Not so much anymore.

[She trudges towards the bed, and flops down face-first onto the mattress. It's the side Joel tends to occupy, and she can maybe, just maybe, feel the slight dip in the mattress from where his weight has resided for the past month.

Where was he going to sleep tonight?]

[justgo]

Good to hear. [There's a snort when Ellie falls over and Tess scoots a little more to give her decent enough room, shaking her head as she looks. Reaching for the blanket, she pulls some of it over the younger girl.]

You get some sleep. Probably gonna need it.

[vaccination]

[Ellie pulls herself up the bed, so that she can bury her face into the pillows. This one smells like Joel, and her brows furrow as she closes her eyes. There's a knot in her throat that won't go away.]

You should, too.

[The pillow muffles the tremor in her voice well enough. Tess needed sleep, too. God only knew what they'd find waiting for them tomorrow.]

[justgo]

[Watching the other, Tess gets quiet and gives a nod despite it not being visible. A hand up, she's doubtful for a moment as she reaches over, tentative as she runs a hand through Ellie's hair, not sure of much right now.] In a while.

Promise.

[She wants to make sure Ellie won't get up to leaving in the middle of the night. Just a little.]

[vaccination]

[She's not going to sleep, but she exhales, letting Tess pet her hair. It feels nice.]

[justgo]

[There's not much to say past that. If anything, Tess keeps on running her fingers through, tries to be as comforting as she can, all things considered. Out of anything, she's on the edge of losing her cool and snapping, but that's the last thing anyone needs.

So she keeps quiet for the rest of the night, waits to hear Ellie's breathing even out before she even thinks about laying down herself. It's a long night.]