"It's alright," Nic replied. His voice was emotionless like usual, lacking irritation and impatience.

Laurel paused before turning over on the couch, eyes finally looking away from Nic. She curled up tried to take a nap.

--

James walked into Yue's room without knocking this time.

Yue started a little, turning to see who it was. It looked like she had been typing something up at her desk. She turned off the screen, but James could catch a glimpse of the screen. It was something in Chinese, but it looked like pretty boring stuff.

So James wandered over and plopped down on her desk, "I'm bored." he complained, "Play with me." Well, it seemed like James was back.

Yue frowned. "I'm busy," she snapped a little. She seemed to be relatively normal too.

"With whaaat?" James whined, reaching over and tugging on a loose section of her hair.

Yue swatted his hand away. "Remembering everything about the Yin Long that might be helpful in the future."

James raised his eyebrows but didn't comment. After a moment he nodded to himself, "You'll strain your eyes, let's take a break." he stated, sliding in between Yue and the desk.

"Tell that to Frei or Nic," Yue complained, trying to push him out of the way.

"Oh, c'mon." James replied, not moving, "Ten minutes won't make a difference in the long run. And it will get me out of your hair afterwards." he proposed with a grin.

Yue stared blankly at James, not believing him.

James chuckled, "Seriously, ten minutes and I won't bug you the rest of tonight." he promised.

"... Ten minutes of what?" she asked.

James chuckled, "You'll see." he replied as he grabbed her arm and hoisted her up.

Yue let out a sigh. She didn't look like she though she had much of a choice in the matter.

James led her along happily until they reached a small room on the large hovercraft. In it was a massaging table. James grinned handsomely, "Hop on. I won't make you strip." he teased as he patted the table.