--- Lily ---
"There, there," said Kress it what perhaps was meant to be a calming gesture but the fact he was just saying stuff and vaguely waving in Lily's direction didn't help the gesture at all.
"Look, do you have any REAL advice for me?" asked Lily. "I'm stressing out here and I don't want to just complain to Kat about it because I did enough of that before and I promised to do it less if she was careful but… I just… I feel like I have this bubbling nervous energy trapped inside me that I need to get out,"
"Could be indigestion," suggested Kress.
Nixilei didn't open her eyes, but still managed to throw her shoe off her foot and directly at Kress' head. He didn't bother to dodge but it was an impressive shot. "Don't worry about him too much. He's a bit insensitive like that," said Nixilei.
"I was trying to make a joke," retorted Kress. "You know, lighten the mood up? Lily's worrying over nothing. I'd bet that the city has more chance of being destroyed then Kat,"
