Ira shifts, a little uncomfortable. "Think I'm supposed to stop people being hurt by magic. So, here's probably as good a place as any."

"Thank you. I can help pay for it, if you know of work that I can do."

"Y'know. Given how fast you've picked up English, you could probably make a bit doing online translation."

She pauses for a moment to consider. "I'll need to ask Deskyl before I forget another language; I'm only able to know four at once. But if she allows me to, I can do that."

That gets an eyebrow. "You need her permission." It's flat, and not a question.

"I don't think she would - hurt me, or anything like that, if I did it without permission. But I should ask anyway, yes."

There's that noncommittal hum again. "You said something about needing power?"

"Yes, in the next few days - longer if I don't move around very much. Deskyl will be able to make me a charger once she has parts and tools."

"She gonna be up for that?"

"Yes, she'll be fine. It's hard for her to be awake for very long, but she can do things when she is."

"Let me know what she'll need. I can see what I can get."

"I'll ask when she wakes up, thank you."

He nods. "If you have any more questions, let one of us know."

"I will, thank you."

Ira hums again, acknowledgement more than anything else.

Ant starts to stir against his side, a distressed whimper leaving eir lips, and his eyes leave DZ and Deskyl.

"S'okay," he murmurs, one hand stroking Ant's hair, the other reaching over to poke Shin.

Shin stirs enough to press his lips to Ant's hair, and there's a faint glow, that slides from Ant's head and into Shin.

Ant relaxes back against Ira's side.

Deskyl stirs, wakes, and peers suspiciously at Shin.

He props himself up far enough to level an even look at her, half a challenge. "Ant has bad nightmares," he says. "I stop them waking em up."

Ira looks ready to intervene if this goes further than looks.

DZ and Deskyl sign back and forth, a bit.

   "She's not sure that's safe," DZ reports. "But if you've been doing it for a while, it can't be too dangerous. She can check more closely later."

"This is the first time it's been done like this," Shin admits. "My kind aren't famous for getting on with humans."

Deskyl relaxes a little at that, oddly enough.

    "Well, she can check in the morning. Or now, but she might miss something. And she can do something about the nightmares herself, once she's recovered enough to make new magic effects."

Ira opens his mouth to say something. (Probably a refusal.)

Shin pokes his stomach. "We can talk about it in the morning. We all-" Pauses, looks at DZ. "Most of us need more sleep."