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The dizzyness returned, just briefly. Eset's sleek form swam while powerful relief swept through her. Tears were not yet available to her, but her throat felt tight and parched once more. She wanted to weep, loudly, as she had when she was only small, and it was just Ike and Father there to soothe her. They had always managed it — but she was larger than her father, now. And he was nowhere to be found.

"Thank you," she whispered, her eyes burning anew. "If could stay long enough — it's just my paws — " She lifted one from the water to show off the cracks, which had previously been clogged with dirt and sand. Now they oozed blood and serous fluid. It soured the scent of the room until food was brought by another fleeting figure.

Mya emerged from the water as if drawn by a magnet. Her mouth watered at the sight, even though it had not been nearly so long since her last meal as it had been since her last drink of cool, clean water.

"This feels like a dream," she said, stopping just short of the offering. Like one I've had before. A choked little sound escaped her. She trembled, exhausted and overcome. "I'm just afraid I'll wake up."