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In the morning Tam wakes up alone, to the smell of frying meat. He starts to get up when a flying tan furry bundle lands on his chest.

"Daddy say you no move... Unckle Bez and he making bweckfast and you to stay in bed." demands his tiny guardian.

Tam scratches Salunia's ears and smiles. "And they put you here to make sure I did, huh? Smart move... they know I can't say no to any thing you tell me to do."

She grins at him and laughs. "Uhuh... I your babysitter today."

Tam rolls his eyes. "Can I at least hit the seat... I kind of need to go, kiddo."

She nods, but follows him out of the room and stations herself outside the water closet door to make sure he goes no where else.

Of course that means Tam trips over her as he comes out of the room. Laughing he picks her up and carries her back to his bed. "Fine... fine... I'll be good. So what am I to do while I lay in bed all day, hmmm?" he asks crawling between the covers. He really is awfully weak feeling and as long as there are others to look after things, he is beginning to see the logic of their demands.

Frowning slightly the cub offers to get her wax board so they can work on her penmanship. "I wanna write pretty like Mama." she says softly when he asks why she'd rather work than take it easy like him.

Tam chuckles softly as he gets comfortable on his side so he can write her watch. "Yer mama has beautiful writing. Wanna know who else has beautiful script? Kero does... when he wants to, that is. When he takes his time to make things pretty. So... what are we writing today?" he asks ruffling her fur.

She pushes the tablet his way. "How you write like that... all like water... flowy....?" she demands testily.

"Ah..." he laughs as comprehension dawns on him. "You want to know cursive... or did she use calligraphy?"

What that?" she asks in confusion.

So Tam takes the time to show her different forms of writing, including but not exactly teaching her how to write in kanji.

Tam chuckles softly as she puts away her tablet. Talk about dedication, that was one determined cub. If she wanted something, she went out of her way to get it. "Go see if breakfast is done yet, kiddo... I'm starved." he says giving her a hug.

Tam has to laugh silently at the sight. Bez is actually taller than he is, though only by an inch or two and Salunia is still a cub, though she' definitely growing up fast.

He makes room on the bed for the tray and peeks under the towel they have covering it to see what they have brought.

"My lord! How am I supposed to eat all that?" he exclaims in dismay.

"One bite at a time, dulcha." says Bez wisely, sitting down expectantly on the edge of the bed. Salunia climbs up next to him, her head bobbing in agreement.

But he is feeling rather stuffed and not at all inclined to move, which suits the others just fine. Bez merely tucks him in and gathers up his dishes, telling Salunia to keep a close eye on her Auntie Ai.

"If he gets grouchy, Kitten, come and find me and I'll relieve ye fer a bit, but yer Daddy and I are trying to build that box bed fer yer family... and we don't want him trying to help. He's getting fuzzy around the edges."

Salunia stares hard at Tam, trying to see how fuzzy he is, which makes them both laugh in return.

"He's telling me, I need to stop doling out me energy to every Tom d**k or Harry who needs it, Princess." says Tam shaking his head. He looks at Bez and sighs. "Has anyone heard from the home front... is Saferia okay?"