A Dig Site, On The Far Edges of the Known Galaxy, Wednesday Morning

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Liara did not sleep in the same room as Yeul did - that was a privilege she had been more than willing to offer to Caius, whose protective instincts still slightly surpassed her own. But she always woke before they did, her biological clock ticking out a full half hour before either of them stirred.

She laid awake for a short while, attempting to convince her paranoid mind once more that there was really no reason to check on Yeul. Caius would certainly let her know if anything happened in the night, and this site... it was safe. It was very safe. Even if pirates ever turned up, they'd have quick warning through the alarm system, and...

...of course, Yeul could simply have had a vision in the night and passed.

She ran this over in her mind for another fifteen minutes, and then she gave up on fighting. She tip-toed out of bed and across the hall to one of the other sleeping chambers, and dipped her head in, searching for Yeul's small frame.

Was any of it moving?

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"Yes, please," Yeul said, bowing to the inevitable.

Deciding what to have for breakfast didn't take most people long, especially when there were only a few options, but Yeul, with her eons of struggling to make no choices, found it a trial.

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Liara picked her up again and set her gently down in the chair, then opened a few cabinets until she tracked down the three separate packages of cereal and set it down in front of her.

Then she sat down opposite her. "There we are, then. You had the blue one yesterday."

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"I did," Yeul agreed, since that was true. She studied all three packages (blue, yellow, and orange) with a seriousness brought about only because Liara expected her to try and decide.

"I don't dislike any of them," she offered.

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"But do you like any of them slightly better than the others?" Liara prompted.

She was not attempting to prod Yeul into showing more preferences in life, at least not consciously. She simply did not want to be so presumptuous as to make all of her choices for her.

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Yeul giggled.

"Not really," she admitted.

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"Really?" Liara said. She pursed her lips. "I will be right back."

She walked back into the kitchen and picked up three bowls.