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Eljay didn't really think that there was anything amiss with Kite, but then again, as if they were his own children Eljay's words were perfect in his eyes. Whatever small deficits they had weren't really bugs in the system. They were features!

Luckily they reached the rendezvous site soon and Eljay found them a snug place where they were out of the wind. He positioned himself so that he could be warm for Owen and instructed Kite so that she too could lay comfortably on Owen's other side. The others piled up as well, making sure that Owen was no longer shaking and cold.

When Kite tried to pronounce contagious and then asked if the others could catch it, Eljay's heart broke a little again. He frowned, looking a lot like he was frantically trying to keep stuff together but also didn't really know what he was doing. Of course it's not contagious, he said quickly. It didn't help for his panic that Owen chimed in, als worrying that he might catch Kite's tremors. I think that it's... That everything that makes you Kite is part of what makes you Kite. You were probably just too perfect, so they -- whoever made you thought they should add something just to make sure you didn't get too arrogant about it. Eljay nuzzled Kite's face lovingly. I don't know why you are the way you are, I mean, why... He trailed off, finding it hard to directly address the tremors in a positive way. But they're not contagious, 'cause they make you you. It's something that belongs to you, not anyone else. He just hoped that his message would come across, and mostly that its positive implications would. Eljay wasn't the best at pep talks, but he hoped his intentions shone through.