can beauty come out of ashes? // intro, open

amnia, like the others, had been formerly in the library. he could read, but found the practice boring when there was life to experience- like meeting new people, or looking at the sun until his eyes felt funny! there was so much to do and not enough time to just sit still and read about things. so he had spent his time in the library just kind of running in circles.

he had approached the conversation, not talking to anybody, but still could hear- so she had fallen into the water and needed a drying apparatus? he thought long and hard, and trotted over. "i have an idea!" the kitten said, and grinned. he attempted to lick jeanne's side over and over, thinking this was a suitable replacement for a towel or something. spoiler alert, it was not, and not much changed.