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 Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:11 pm
When the Croc fell limp Zeke staggered forward so that Minerva wasn’t getting the brunt of all that new and extra weight. He stared back at her and he too had several different emotions mixed into his. He nodded his head to the mouthed thanks and mouthed the words ‘you’re welcome’ back at her. Then he laughed. A short, bark of a laugh to be sure, but it broke the silence well enough and his shocked gape returned to being a full, toothy smile.
“I have never--” he started off with that, again moving his attention around the room at those who sat and stood in several different different spots around him. He shook his head. “Wow, hah.”
When he was certain Minerva had Cruz and wouldn’t buckle beneath the sleeping Crocodile, Zeke let him go and moved so she could maneuver toward or away from the couch if needed. He neared Anita himself, pausing to look at the man who was clearly the odd man out in this wholly Raevan-related incident.
“Oh THAT’S who you are!” The moment Anita said the D-word the colorful vet lit up even further, approaching Tristan with his right hand outstretched. “Name’s Zeke! Nice to meet you, sir!” As if the previous awkwardness had never even happened, Zeke was bouncy and bubbly as ever. “I work for the Lab; what you just witnessed is a bonafide Raevan growth! Cruz is now what we call a Sigel!”
As he said that he rounded on Anita, all but exuding pure sunshine from every pore.
“Congratulations, Anita!” He would have shouted but her clear exhaustion dialed his volume back to a respectable level. “Hey, no sweat. I told you I’d be here if you guys ever needed me!”
He hooked his thumbs into the loops of his jeans and rocked on his heels before her, sucking on his lip ring at the question she posed. He looked over Cruz from the tippy top of his head to the very end of his ribbon, pausing in between to take in the new additions to the Sigel’s form.
“I’d be surprised if he wakes up at any point today at all. He’s DEFINITELY gonna need to eat after he wakes up. Wouldn’t surprise me if that after all the stress and hullabaloo he hasn’t eaten a thing for a day or more.” He hummed a note and clucked his pierced tongue. “After that...A lotta hugs and TLC, I’d say.” He smiled at the sleeping Sigel, Minerva, and then Anita, to whom he winked. “He’ll need some time to adjust to having a stomach and all that, but if you or he want or need to, I can come back over and give him a little physical, make sure everything’s a-okay and working right.”
Then he shrugged.
“Other than that? I’m at a loss for what to do. This is my first ever Sigel growth after all!”
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:04 am
The sudden exclamation of understanding from Zeke made just about everyone in the room twitch. Beside Tristan, the wolfhound wagged his tail slowly at his approach. With each word that fell from Zekes’ mouth, Tristan’s face scrunched up just a little further until -- at the offered handshake -- he was outright squinting. There was no offer to return the greeting or introduction, Tristan didn’t even move his arm as if to reciprocate and, without missing a beat, the vet moved on towards the couch. Anita saw her father trying to bore a hole into the back of Zeke’s head with his eyes alone.
His congratulations to her wasn’t quite met with a smile but a lifting of her brows. Anita nodded slowly as she brought her hands to her face to try and rub away her own exhaustion but it was no use. She felt drained, the kind of tired sleep couldn’t fix alone. ”At least Cruz thought to call the lab for something like this,” she offered, elbows propped against her knees.
Anita and Minerva both listened as Zeke imparted what little knowledge he could, neither even attempting to match his zeal. With that last addition, Minerva adjusted Cruz against her shoulder and looked squarely at Zeke. ”Nobody offered a basic briefing for this sort of--” she cut herself off as Anita gestured, waving her hands together slowly in an ‘x’ formation. Instead, Minerva sighed and pulled the croc closer to rest their heads together. It started low, just barely there, but Minerva hummed and swayed with Cruz in her arms’ she left the conversation to Anita.
Resting both hands at the back of her neck, Anita leaned forward and took a deep breath. ”That’s probably a good idea. The check up.” Obviously, however, that would have to wait -- no one here was in any state resembling ready for a medical exam, or much of anything really; save for Zeke, ever energetic. ”I’ll let you know once things--” she looked up and surveyed the situation, ”--settle.”
As if on cue, Minerva walked past Zeke, whom she offered a nod, and Tristan who wasn’t even passed a glance; she disappeared into her bedroom with the unconscious sigel and shut the door -- likely to tuck him in and remove herself from the aftermath as well. Anita couldn’t blame her. The immediate crisis might have been resolved but everyone still needed time to recover, time to calm, to rest, and oh would it take time. Emotions were still running high under their hoods from far more expansive and longstanding issues than Zeke was aware of. There was a lot to air out and a lot to discuss that was looming in the rafters for the right time.
”Thanks, again -- for coming when he called.” It was a terrifying situation for all of them, to be certain, but Anita could scarcely imagine it from Cruz’s perspective. ”I’ll call soon. Or text. I don’t know,” Anita ran a hand down her face.
For now, all they could do was wait for the second sleeping beauty to wake up.E N D
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