Jal's right arm poked Aren in the stomach as soon as he lifted her up. "Movie's not over, I'm not going anywhere until it's done. Besides, I bet you're about ready to spring a hydraulic leak"<br/><br/>She smiled slightly, her eyes almost-closed as, instead of acquiescing to being picked up and carried off, she rolled onto her back, stretching her legs out over the arm of the couch and inadvertently trapping Mheg in place by pinning her between Pillow and Couch back so she could watch the last few minutes of the movie.<br/><br/>Finally, only after the Credits began to roll did she close her eyes, Slipping into almost-instant slumber, which let Aren slowly haul her not-waifish frame into a spare bedroom, with a Real bed in it, not a prefab chunk of formed plastics and foam. "After a long moment where he Settled her in, she cracked open an eye and looked at him. "You stuck me in Balix's room, didn't you? There's a bed in here, not a plastic cot."