The silliness would continue, Frith opting to explain further, retelling the facts of her apparently deep sleep which they both of course already knew quite well and were not even really facts at all. He had held Novella's attention all through the pretend sleep, and he certainly had it now as she listened to his retelling of the morning's event, enjoyed his affectionate touches and returned them with kisses and nuzzles of her own.
Sleep was welcomed these days, to fall into the nothingness and escape. As of late it had been difficult to escape her emotions and the reality of life and death whilst awake. Somehow fresh from sleep and with Frith and hormones surely fuelling the day there was a chance to escape, to feel somewhat more like her usual self and the light-hearted responses would continue. "Apparently very well until someone interrupted."
