*Rose*
"Ugh!" Sil said. I saw him trying to reach for the phone by standing on top of a chair. Kiki gripped the chair.
"Hey! That's dangerous! You might fall!" I said, picking him up.
He frowned. "Kiki's holding it for me."
Kiki beamed and nodded.
"Still, what if you tripped and fall over her?"
"That would be bad," Koga whispered, giving Kiki a worried look.
Kiki gulped.
"But, it might be Big Bro!"
Saffron? Taking a deep breath, I picked up the phone. "H-hello?"
"Finally," the voice on the other end said. It was tired.
"Saffron?" I asked.
"Has it been that long that you no longer recognize my voice?"
Well, this was the first time we had spoken over the phone...
"Are you taking care of yourself?" I asked, recalling his pained face. "You must be exhausted after your bout with that teleporting Taahidian."
He sighed. "I will be fine. What about you? How are things?"
