a night of bad and panicked dreams, difficult to extract myself from. this morning the animals piled themselves on me while i finished sleeping. still, waking with a horrible headache, it was good to find pele sleeping on my head, gently pawing at my face, and buck tucked up under my arm with his head on my shoulder.

of course luna was watching from her perch. she's funny that way, guarding and looking for monsters from a slightly larger remove.