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Sitting at a booth with an ipod and workbook Amanda is focused on her studies. Looking niether happy nor sad she is reading, listening and sipping coffee.

If you want to scare someone she would make a great target at the moment or if you would just like to come up and say hi, she really wouldn't mind.

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A small black cat rubs against her legs, purring.

As the fur brushes against her freshly shaven legs she jumps a little. When she looks down and finds that the perpetrator is Scampi she takes her head phones off and picks him up, holding him close to her heart and gently kissing his forhead.

Scampi purrs like a miniature lawnmower.

Amanda's face just lights up with Scampi's companionship. Though after a short-time she looks up to see if Guppy is around. Afterall, don't want him to worry about Scampi with everything else thats on his mind.

Guppy is drooped over a pile of books on the arm of a chair near the fire. He looks pale and exhausted. So no change there then.
Scampi continues to purr.

Amanda calls over a wait-rat and asks for a pen and paper. When it comes she puts Scampi on her lap and writes a letter to Guppy,

Dear Guppy,

Don't worry about Scampi he is with me. Please have this cup of coffee on me. Thank you for all that you are doing for those who are aflicted.

Amanda

Amanda asks the wait-rat to deliver this letter and a cup of coffee the way Guppy like it to him. Tipping the wait-rat well. Once it scurries off she puts the headphones back on and turns her attention back to Scampi.

The rat prods Guppy until he wakes up, which probably wasn't the point. He glances at the note, turns it over and scribbles a reply.

Dear Amanda,
Thanks, I really appreciate it. Please would you mind feeding him- charge it to my tab and get yourself a drink on me. When you've had enough of him, I'll be in room 147. Will leave the door unlocked. Have a terrible headache and am going to bed. But please wake me if you need me.
Guppy.

When she gets the note she asks the wait-rat to bring some food for Scampi on HER tab and orders some water for herself.

Watching Guppy as he goes up to his room she returns to playing with the cute black cat.

After a few hours of playing and having fed Scampi, he falls asleep. At that point Amanda goes up to Guppy's room and knocks gently on the door.

If he doesn't answer she has her lock picks outs so that she wouldn't have to wake him if he is sleeping.

There is a thud, a very quiet "Oh shit." and a "Hang on a minute."

She puts away her lock picks and is craddling the sleeping Scampi in her arms.

Guppy appears at the door a moment later, having managed to find some trousers. He wouldn't subject seeing him in boxers on anyone. He looks tired.

"Hi Amanda. Thanks for looking after Scamps for me."

Her voice is very pleasent and perky, "Oh, it was my pleasure. Anytime even, but it seems I wore the little guy out, and I should go see Nina. Enjoy your rest."

"Wow, and I thought he was inexhaustable. Thanks Amanda. Do you need me to come and check on Nina, is she okay?"

Amanda looks at him with a clearly false cheerfulness, "No, no, get some rest, at this point there isn't anything more you can do."

"Are you sure? The whole point of me getting rest is to help people more effectively, but if I'm needed then I will come with you and help now."

She's probably right. I can't do anything.
Doesn't stop me trying though.

She is even more useless in this endeavor than Guppy but it isn't stopping her from trying.

"Yes, I'm sure. THank you. But you need your rest. After the battle there will probably be alot of injuries that will need tending."

And if Magius couldn't break the curse there isn't anything more that anyone else can do.

"There will be, but I can't let my guard down in the meantime. Maybe I should sleep down in the bar in case anyone needs me."

His head answers this thought for him by aching horribly. He rubs it to try and ease the pain.

Amanda doesn't stand for this, she guides Guppy back to his bed and tucks him in. If he wants to take his trousers off he can after she leave, "Guppy, you stay up here and get some rest. If I see you in the bar tonight I will drag you right back up here." Her voice very sten.

At one point on the train today the mun worked out that scientifically he needs to sleep for roughly ten hours in order to catch up.
However she is very dubious about that figure considering it has been three weeks of sleeplessness, and reckons it's more like her earlier calculation of thirty one and a half.

Guppy simply hasn't the strength to argue with her.
"Ok. Sorry."
He leans his aching head on the pillow and shuts his eyes.

Amanda walks to the door, turns out the light and shuts it gently behind her.

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