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So much information. Acubens had asked too many questions and now her brain was buzzing. Not quite full yet, the information buzzed around, too loud in her ears, crowded and angry, like bees caught in a jar far too small for them. Even as she slept. Acubens could hear it murmuring to her. How can you best protect them? Are you betting existing or not? What would happen to Alexij if you went missing? To Keren? Acubens had woken up in tears before, mourning her own death and the sorrow of her brother. Would they be better off without her? After all, she wouldn’t really be gone, simply different. She’d be like a shadow, protecting them from the edges of their lives. She’d see them… but they’d never see her.

Acubens sobbed, failing to contain most of the sound. This resulted in a sick, choked sound in her throat. Her stopped, vision swimming as she strained to see through her tears. A life without Alexij… didn’t seem like a life at all. But it seemed like either way she would lose him. He would either die with her as a white moon senshi, or lose her to the chaos as a dark mirror senshi. Was there no victory for her? Acubens reached for the wall to her left, leaning hard on it so that she didn’t fall to the ground.

When had the ground gotten so far away? Had she suddenly grown twenty feet? That would explain why her arm looked so long. Acubens leaned her head on the wall, trying to calm herself down. No, don’t cry. If you cry now, you’ll get attacked. Acubens’ breathing came in gasps, short and dizzying. Whens he finally came away from the wall, she was too hot, despite the cold weather that blew through her. Where did she go from here? A constant question. A missing answer.

Not this. Anything but this. Acubens looked down and bore her teeth threateningly at the cat who spoke to her. Acubens didn’t have a good track record with cats, what with the one who awakened her just tossing her into the fray and leaving her to flounder like she was. What, was Acubens secretly a high priestess of some lost, mythical cult religion who had to battle some ancient sun god with no information? Her temper rose and crested at lightning speed, making her roar with rage and hit the wall before her repeatedly with her open palm. Damn it, damn it, damn it! Could she have no peace? Her roar continued in one long howl of pain and anger and she continued to beat on the wall. Eventually it began to falter, quieting and slowing into whimpers as her hits became softer and more akin to flaps and her knees gave out.

Acubens sunk to the ground, body quaking with the aftermath of her temper, unable to speak. She still hit the wall, her hand simply landing softly on the brick and rising again to tap it some more. In a final act of violence against the offending brick, Acubens let her head fall to it’s surface, resting there with an audible thunk.

“There’s nothing a damned cat can help me with,” she hissed finally, chest rising and falling with decreasing frequency as her breathing went back to normal. “I’ve had my fill of space felines, thank you.” Her golden eyes slid down to the kitten, fully intending to frighten him away.

Except she was foiled by two very large sea foam eyes staring up at her. Damn her temper. A soft voice which sounded very much like her mother scolded her. He didn’t mean you any harm. You can’t just condemn an entire group because you had one bad experience. Her eyes softened and refilled with tears as she slumped further.

“I’m sorry.” She opened up her arm for the kitten to crawl up into her lap. “It’s too cold out to be exposed, come over here.”

"Nah, I'm just... I'm being over sensitive," Acubens explained, idly scratching behid his ears as she had Leto... god that seemed centuries ago. Acubens furrowed her brow thoughtfully as she reflected on how sowly the days seemed to drag by. And yet how they zoomed by her the moment she blinked. The odd diachotomy made her stomach curl. Acubens let her head thunk agains the brick of the building as she sighed, trying to calm her insides as they fluttered nervously.

"But why couldn't you have awakened me? Cute little thing that you are." She grinned, changing the subject from herself "I bet you would have answered my questions." She scratched under Pippin's chin, giggling at the kitten.

"Pippin." Micah recognized the name in an instant. "Oh, my little hobbit! Furry feet and everything," she gushed, smushing his face a little. "You're going to help save the world with that name someday. I'm Acubens. Sailor Senshi of Velociraptors."

Micah laughed brightly as she was hugged by the kitten. She wasn't really sure what had brought that on, but she wasn't going to question it. Micah, contrary to popular belief, liked hugs, provided they were given to her by super cute, ultra fluffy talking kittens. When all of those stipulations lined up, she was elated to be hugged.

At the mention of a team, Miach heart froze in it's beating. Team...? Somewhere to belong? Micah's mind clared itself of all the information she'd previously been holding onto, wiping it for this new realization. "You have a... a team," she asked blankly, eyes struggling to focus again. "And you'd... you'd have me in it?" She smiled again, eyes heating with much happier tears this time.

"Oh, my little hobbit, you'd take me into your team, though you did not awaken me? You're such a perfect little kitty." She picked Pippin up, pushing herself to her own feet. "You're be more than welcome at my house. Though we'd have to get you all set up for it. I'd need cat food, some toys, and a bed... but that can all happen later." She waved the lack of preperation away with a bright smile. "I'd be glad to join your team, Pippin!"