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It woke up slowly, everything was painful and yet it felt something soft beneath them. Was it back in the lab!!??! Did it and Jawne get captured, was it sleeping on him like before!??! Please no. Please. Please. It flung open its eyes and- oh. That's not. It was laying on its back looking up at a wooden(?) ceiling. That's not the lab, but then what is it on top of? It looked down and saw a… bed? It thinks this is a bed, it’s never slept in one. And there is some kind of blue sheet covering it, it’s soft and reminds them of Jawne it thinks this is probably a blanket (those are the ones on beds right?). It looked down and saw. oh. That’s a lot of burns, huh? Up and down its form, it looked like it was bathed in flame like Gary and it just. It didn’t. It wasn’t. It felt wrong looked around the room, which appeared to be some sort of log cabin? Which doesn’t make sense because it was entering the hotel and- oh. Was it. What did. Huh. It entered the connection and then everything burned face lungs skull all burning dying leaving and now it’s here. It heard something, soft steps(?) on what appears to be a carpeted floor and then the door was opening and.
They opened the door to check on his “guest” again and saw them sitting up! He quickly stutterd “O-o-oh my goodness yo-you're awake!” The bed’s occupant quickly pulled back before trying to pretend they hadn’t. “Oh right um well uh um I’m R.exe and I found you pretty beat up right by the firewall which I’m assuming is what… oh right sorry yeah that’s pretty obvious isn’t it um I have some soup I was making I mean you don’t have to I’ve been eating it cuz you were asleep but you probably should and- I’ll uh just go get it! So uh be right back!”
It watched the interesting strange creature quickly rush back through the door down a hallway leaving the door open. They had a large, seemingly furry body with a computer screen(?) for a face and were wearing a sweater and sweatpants. How fascinating odd, it was not aware of any such being. The sweater was slightly too small and their furred belly peeked out at the bottom. The dark brown fur was clearly visible against the gray pants and burgundy sweater, and looked how it imagined a teddy bear looking. The palms of their hands looked blue from the look it managed to get in the midst of their frantic gesturing. That pathetic attempt at conversing with it had at least revealed what occurred, it appeared that while navigating connections as a physical space did allow it to bypass security, it did not cause that security to disappear. How foolish of it to think that those that exist here would not have protections against those of their own kind, especially considering how paranoid that foolish wolf is. For it to fall into such an obvious trap is simply-
“I’m back with the soup!” R.exe exclaimed as he hefted the large pot through the door “It’s chicken noodle because I’ve heard that's good for recovery, and I wasn't sure how much you eat so I made a lot!” As they spoke their guest flinched, seemingly surprised by their entry. From how they seem to be trying to hide their discomfort he probably shouldn’t draw attention to that. As they sat down the soup next to them he asked “So how are you feeling? Oh you probably have questions, well feel free to have some soup and ask away!” he watched as they visibly debated what to do, before finally saying “Why… are… you… doing… this…” Oh good they can still speak! He was a little worried about that- oh right a question “Well I feel bad about you getting hurt by the firewall, even though you were obviously trying to break in that doesn’t mean you deserve to get burned alive like that! It's supposed to deter entry like an electric fence but I failed to account for someone trying to go through it all at once like that, cuz then you don’t get a warning and it’s just- um well I guess you already know that part.” his guest trembled slightly before speaking “Why… would… you… help… me… if… you… made… that… to… keep… me… out… that doesn’t ma- make… any… sense…” Well that’s an easy one. “Well it’s my fault you got hurt and really I just don’t want more problems to fix, and honestly you're not in any shape to cause problems even if you wanted to so uh yeah.”
As the stupid gullible fool in front of it finishes explaining their moronic reasoning it can’t bear to look at them any longer. Its eyes drift to the large pot in front of it, the smell is… unfamiliar but it somehow smells like… warmth? The pot itself is giving off heat but something about the smell itself is somehow warm? Or maybe it… smells safe? Or it smells like the idea of security? Maybe? It reaches its head forward and takes a sip.
As he grabs a bowl for their guest he sees them take a sip of the soup before fully submerging their head in it. They continue drinking from it for long enough that he starts to worry about them breathing. But eventually they stop and lean back, licking the soup stained fur around their mouth and blearily blinking their eyes. As R.exe takes the pot back he remarks “So I’m guessing you liked it” “mmhhm…” “Well I’ll be sure to make some more if you’re still hungry when you wake up! Oh right I forgot to ask, what’s your name?” They paused for a second before sleepily replying “Iii donn knoowe…” and falling asleep. Well that’s worrying, but at least they ate a lot of- oh wow they ate it all. How did they do that? There was enough food in here to last you a day, maybe more! How did they even- you know what doesn’t matter! What matters is that they’re satisfied and that he needs to go buy some more food. And with that he leaves them to their rest.