Thunder Dome into the unknown

Waking slowly, the girl shifted her weight and made a leisurely effort to stretch out her nubbin legs, spreading her toe-beans in to stars, while a biiiiiiiig yawn slipped out of her gaping mouth. The squeak of that was followed by the idle gumming of the air, and then a blink. And another blink. And the slow dawning realization that hey, I couldn't do that yesterday.