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She listened hearing Locke turn in for the night and figured it was her turn to simply lay down. She knew Jack was cooking, something he could enjoy, and now with Sam, but wasn't really hungry. She went to the bed looking at the ceiling as she laid down. She blanked her mind not feeling sleepy but knew dreams of her past years would come anyways.

He nodded watching Locke head upstairs to his room and shook his head with a sigh. Him and the girl were hard cases to crack. He would have to figure out how to get this group back together and soon. He soon stretched standing and heading back to the kitchen seeing Sam and Jack having a ball of a time. "Hate to break it to you both, but the kids turned in for bed early."

"Give them some time guys. Locke has lost someone he loved, and despite how much time has passed here, Andrea's been away from us in that world for at least six years. I can't imagine coming back from that life is easy." He watched the two a moment knowing they really did understand that, he thought anyway. "Maybe we'll find one of those 'shrinks' humans call them to help work Andrea back to her old self. Though, that too was a bit unstable if memory serves."

She laid there unsleeping. It wouldn't come no matter how she forced it. She would sigh and head back downstairs thinking a walk about may help her. She would pause at the stairs however hearing Drake and the others speaking. She felt bad they thought this way, but knew her old self may never come back. It was something they would have to deal with. She shook her head of the thoughts and snuck outside to where the horses were. At least they let her be who she was.

She cleaned up and brushed the horses as she stayed with them. She had taken note of another outside having heard the steps but remained quiet. She knew if none knew she were there, the easier it would be for her to remain unnoticed. She listened hearing Locke's voice, soft from where she was, but knew he was upset. She didn't know how to help him though as she had no definite answers to the questions he was asking the air.

Drake shook his head sighing and looking to Sam and Jack. "I wish there was a way we could help them. I'm not sure how much we can do without them breaking and snapping back." He brought a hand to the back of his head as he thought. "Already had a discussion from Andrea. She had caught onto my plans to get her and Locke together on some form of normalcy once more. She made it clear she didn't agree with my persistence. For now, we should just tread lightly, we could risk loosing our friends over something ridiculous."

Drake nodded thanking Sam for the glass and joined them at the table. It still felt odd not having the other two eating with them but knew eventually things would get back to some form of normal. He smiled seeing the food then dug in loving every bite. "As always Jack, you have a talent."

Andrea stood by the entrance of the small stable watching and listening to Locke as he spoke to no one. She closed her eyes a moment turning without a noise. When she opened her eyes she was within the room he had chosen earlier. She took the blanked from the bed then turned and was standing beside him as if she had always been. She moved quietly without a word and placed the blanket over him before turning to head back into the house. She knew he wanted comfort but doubted it was anything she could really help him with.

She entered hearing the others cleaning up and snuck past them easily enough without notice back to her room. She sat down by the door though looking to her sword before getting out a cloth and some polish. She figured in the absence of sleep it was better then simply sitting there.

Drake helped them clean up though thought about what they would do. He already knew his job despite where he would call home. "I'm still tied to my orders when they come in, but maybe some small jobs and such wouldn't be so bad. I'm sure you could easily get a job as a chef somewhere. Assuming you wanted to. And Sam, I'm sure we could set up another mecha shop for you? As for Locke and Andrea, not sure. If they ever get out of this funk they're both in who knows what they may want to do." He wondered about the two like most of his time. "I feel useless in this, perhaps a doctor for them? See if that could help bring them to some normalcy again?"

He nodded as Jack spoke. "True, but something has to give soon." He sighed then turned towards the stairs. "Well, we can talk more later I guess. We should all get some rest for the travel tomorrow." He bid them all good night before heading to his own room. Once he hit the bed he was soon out, troubling thoughts nothing but an afterthought.

He would wake early in the morning, getting ready for the day's travel. He stretched before heading downstairs. He looked about before going to the stables and notice Locke had fallen asleep outside. He let him be for now and noticed Andrea already there. "Early to rise I see. Has he been out here all night?" He was hoping for some part of a conversation but wasn't going to hold his breath for it.

She had woken before the morning came. Glad to have at least a few hours of sleep. She made her way to the stables seeing Locke still asleep. She paused a moment looking to him but would continue on to begin getting the horses ready for the travel. After a time she heard Drake and shrugged her shoulders. "He had trouble sleeping. You were all eating when he snuck out of the home. Let him rest, he needs to." She said to him. She could tell it wasn't the type of talking he was hoping for but still wasn't sure she cared.