[ Were there more comfortable places in the hospitality centre to nap than the canteen? Yes. But did those places have cats? No.
Cale would say that wasn't the reason he found an out-of-the-way corner of the canteen, pulled some blankets from his spatial bag, and curled up for a nap on the makeshift bed. He had spent time cooking a large meal made of a variety of dishes and was waiting for Lex to arrive so they could eat. Staying in the canteen required less effort.
But the way Cale has curled himself protectively around the cats napping with him against his chest, the way he seems perfectly at home with even more cats curled up against — and sometimes on — the rest of his body, and the way his sleeping expression is peaceful and content for the first time anyone would have seen...
Well, it says a lot about the deeper reason behind Cale's choice.
Unfortunately, with his eyes closed and body relaxed, the man no longer just appears thin, pale, and weak but more like someone who is frail and sickly. Cale never had a chance to properly recover from the recent war, leaving him far too skinny and far too pale — something usually masked by the sharpness of his gaze, strength of his presence, and steady voice. ]
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Cale would say that wasn't the reason he found an out-of-the-way corner of the canteen, pulled some blankets from his spatial bag, and curled up for a nap on the makeshift bed. He had spent time cooking a large meal made of a variety of dishes and was waiting for Lex to arrive so they could eat. Staying in the canteen required less effort.
But the way Cale has curled himself protectively around the cats napping with him against his chest, the way he seems perfectly at home with even more cats curled up against — and sometimes on — the rest of his body, and the way his sleeping expression is peaceful and content for the first time anyone would have seen...
Well, it says a lot about the deeper reason behind Cale's choice.
Unfortunately, with his eyes closed and body relaxed, the man no longer just appears thin, pale, and weak but more like someone who is frail and sickly. Cale never had a chance to properly recover from the recent war, leaving him far too skinny and far too pale — something usually masked by the sharpness of his gaze, strength of his presence, and steady voice. ]