It takes her a minute to come back. In part this is because of the work it takes to pry up some vent covers from other rooms that she anticipated being a higher priority for habitation than this one. In part, she just wants to give him some time to settle, and herself sometime to put her game face back on. To think about what it really means that Carver is staying here, at least for the time being.
Most of it is practical. She has a list of things that need done in the back of her head, but not everything on it is suitable for everyone she has available to her. Caden has construction skills, but his paranoia isn't the useful kind. Carver has practical experience, but not only is he spun, but he may be gone in the morning.
So she not as she drops her tool belts and the metal vent covers to the floor and crouches to start fitting it.
"I will. There's plenty still to do, and I don't have as much time as I'd like. Magpie lives in the room downstairs, and he doesn't like anyone even down that hallway, but you can go anywhere else. This is the only room I can promise is secure for the kitten." Practical things. House rules. She doesn't have many, and he'll follow most of them because they're cut from the same trauma, but she says them anyway.
"Guest shower is next door. I don't use that one, so let the water run a bit, but everything should work. I'll throw some extra sleeping bags on this mattress, and we'll figure out what else we need to get. We'll see how you feel in the morning, and go from there."
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Most of it is practical. She has a list of things that need done in the back of her head, but not everything on it is suitable for everyone she has available to her. Caden has construction skills, but his paranoia isn't the useful kind. Carver has practical experience, but not only is he spun, but he may be gone in the morning.
So she not as she drops her tool belts and the metal vent covers to the floor and crouches to start fitting it.
"I will. There's plenty still to do, and I don't have as much time as I'd like. Magpie lives in the room downstairs, and he doesn't like anyone even down that hallway, but you can go anywhere else. This is the only room I can promise is secure for the kitten." Practical things. House rules. She doesn't have many, and he'll follow most of them because they're cut from the same trauma, but she says them anyway.
"Guest shower is next door. I don't use that one, so let the water run a bit, but everything should work. I'll throw some extra sleeping bags on this mattress, and we'll figure out what else we need to get. We'll see how you feel in the morning, and go from there."