<strong>Yume</strong>(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ui9yJl9tcCRdjWh9PLZSWCxpcqQ8-_WbC5HTMPn_FVI/edit)<br/><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c9/Yume_Zenith.png)</div><br/>With ease of long practice—despite Yume's tender years—the two girls gently helped the third to sit up and drink some grapefruit juice, stroking her throat to help her swallow.  Then they sat down together on the oposite side of the bed and shared a meal, talking softly.  The two virgins chatted about the Lap, and the mystery of the Penitent, and the friend's they'd left back home, half a world away now.  Yume speculated softly about the Penitent, asserting that it must have some vast power used in ancient times—wether for war or peace.<br/><br/>For the two virgins, the condition of their patient was an elephant in the room, and they tried not to speak of it.<br/><br/>After some time, though, Sakura brguht her up for another reason, showing Yume the mysterious girl's artifacts.  “Only solars and their children use these, Yume-chan.  And there haven't been solars around long enough to have children your age sicne before<em>i</em>was born.<br/><br/>Yume nodded, then sighed.  “She needs her strength,” she commented.  They had a portion set aside for the mystery girl in a soup tureen.  “We don't have the right pessel.”<br/><br/>Yume carefully took out a little piece of sausage, vegetables, and broth.  She leaned over the third girl to offer it too her from her own lips, chewing carefully.<br/><br/>Normally Yume's last thoughts before doing this would be embarrassment.  This time it was more complicated.  AS her scarlet top knot made a curtain around Canticle's face, Yume couldn't help but flush at the other girl's beauty.<br/><br/>Lightly opening the other girl's lips, Yume kissed her gently and transferred the food, teasing her throat 'til she swallowed.  With another blush, she lightly grazed canticle's lips for more personal reasons...<br/><br/>