[ Terry is a fool who doesn't believe Kido when she says that the only thing she needed from him was to be there... Her default state is irritable and prone to tears anyways, and it's difficult to console anybody dealing with loss. Upon waking up, even, she was on the verge of going through the five stages of grief, with the first being anger.
Kido is very good at anger.
But the first thing she feels when she wakes up is the weight on her chest, the warmth, and the slow, uninterrupted rumble of a purring cat, and all of that anger dissolves away. One or two of the cats meow when she sits up in the bed, and the one lying on her chest slides off, to curl back over by her side. Hana-chan? Aiko? One of the black ones, but she can't remember their names, it's been ten years. But they seem to remember her, and Ami lets Kido bow her head and press her face into the soft fur on her back; she doesn't cry, just breathes and listens to the rumbling, and remembering Seto telling her that the purring of a cat is at the exact frequency to help heal wounds. Remembering how Kano used to turn into a black cat and prance around for her and Seto to cheer them up. Remembering them and missing them but she doesn't cry.
Maybe she's getting better. Maybe this is helping. It doesn't have to be direct to be thanks to Terry. ]
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Kido is very good at anger.
But the first thing she feels when she wakes up is the weight on her chest, the warmth, and the slow, uninterrupted rumble of a purring cat, and all of that anger dissolves away. One or two of the cats meow when she sits up in the bed, and the one lying on her chest slides off, to curl back over by her side. Hana-chan? Aiko? One of the black ones, but she can't remember their names, it's been ten years. But they seem to remember her, and Ami lets Kido bow her head and press her face into the soft fur on her back; she doesn't cry, just breathes and listens to the rumbling, and remembering Seto telling her that the purring of a cat is at the exact frequency to help heal wounds. Remembering how Kano used to turn into a black cat and prance around for her and Seto to cheer them up. Remembering them and missing them but she doesn't cry.
Maybe she's getting better. Maybe this is helping. It doesn't have to be direct to be thanks to Terry. ]