[ Elena's already made her show of eating a small plate of food and has moved on to the drinking portion of the evening. There's a good dose of guilt going along with every glass she consumes (she knows how alcohol effects Gil), but it's helping to curb her blood cravings and that's important too, right? Making sure she doesn't eat anyone at the celebration is still a nightly ordeal.
It takes only a second for her to recognize that covered figure as someone from the Nest, but more than that - someone in her brood. He's clearer than most of the others, closer, and she feels that same connection to him that she does to Gildor and Shinji, to Lakshmi and Seth. Except even that connection is different now, it has been since the day before; it feels complete now, whole. And he feels like someone who might not hate her. ]
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It takes only a second for her to recognize that covered figure as someone from the Nest, but more than that - someone in her brood. He's clearer than most of the others, closer, and she feels that same connection to him that she does to Gildor and Shinji, to Lakshmi and Seth. Except even that connection is different now, it has been since the day before; it feels complete now, whole. And he feels like someone who might not hate her. ]
Maybe just a little. There's plenty left.