Upon Vestia: Chapter Twenty-One

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Luka made a face. "gross. Computer, regular clothes please." She looked relieved as the gown disappeared and she was just in her usual cargo pants and vest. "Who should we go annoy then?"

Kay put his hand out for Danika to climb up his arm if she wanted.
He nodded to Asher. [Don't fret, everything is alright. ] He didn't look totally like he believed that. His glance drifted to the medical fridge where the vaccines were stored. He shook his head.

Asher frowned at Kay's words and his glance toward the fridge, but then nodded. "I'll try not to, then. We're just glad to have you back."

Danika climbed to his shoulder, settling in comfortably again.

Kay leaned his head into Danika gently and sat down. [It's a surprisingly quiet day.] He observed.

"They're all too embarrassed by their hangovers to see us," Asher said. "They know we'd tell them off, so they hide instead." He looked pleased.

"Mom is coming" Danika said softly, leaning into Kay then relaxing again.

You can sense her? Kay asked Danika. Is she alright?

Asher looked toward the door at Danika's words. "How is she?" he asked, as usual, having no idea what Kay had said or not said.

Danika nodded and looked up to Kay "Mom not block like you sometimes. She is fine"

Starr came to the door of the med bay, smiling when she saw the three "Hello"

Asher smiled at Starr as she came in. "Hello, Starr, how are you today?"

"I am alright" Starr said "Thanks for letting me rest, I guess I needed it. How are you all today?"

Kay nodded to Starr and raised a hand in greeting.

"I'm pretty good," Asher said. "I had many babysitting adventures last night, but it all turned out well. Heny's babies are much noisier than ours, as it turns out." He looked amused.

Starr chuckled at that and nodded "Terran type babies usually are noisy, even just in space stations."

[Not to mention substantially more demanding and dependent.] Kay added, frowning. Yeah, he was no great fan of humanoid babies. Yuck.

"It made me appreciate star dragons all the more," Asher said, smiling softly. "Did you enjoy the festival, Starr?"

Starr chuckled then nodded "The play was an old story that even has a version among the dragon world where I grew up, but it was nice and there were plenty of games and food during the intermissions."

"Must have been an interesting cultural experience," Asher said, because he hadn't really been to any festivals ever, but he didn't think they sounded like something he'd like. "It seems like they kept the celebrations going until morning."

Starr nodded again "They did, until sunrise. That's when I came home. I think I was the last of our crew to get in, but I'm not sure about that."

Kay nodded. [I'm glad it was an enjoyable experience. ]

"No wonder you slept in," said Asher. "You must have been exhausted. At least you got to have fun."

Starr smiled and nodded "Yes, it was fun, and the fireworks were pretty" She agreed

"They really were," Asher agreed. "The hatchlings had fun watching them." Realizing something, he added, "Oh, by the way, Ellie is babysitting Vela and Kerr, in case you didn't know." Which had kind of been supposed to be his job, oops?

Starr chuckled softly at that and nodded "That would explain their 'happy' thoughts. They enjoy playing with her too."

"You can hear them from this far away?" Asher said. That telepathic range was pretty impressive. "I'm glad they're happy, I'd feel terrible if I left them with a bad babysitter."

Starr nodded "When I am not blocking them out, I can hear all the star dragons, though of course, the closer are easier to hear more and I am learning to tune out the farthest ones and to focus on just one, even in a group." She had been talking to the other star dragons here and reading about her people in the library books.

Well, that made sense. Asher felt a bit silly for not have connecting Starr's ability to hear all of her kind, to the idea that she might hear the hatchlings' emotions so easily. "That really sounds incredibly distracting, but at least you have a built-in baby monitor," he said, smiling a bit.