[ She isn't sure how she's made her way here, not really. It's a spinning collection of darkness and disorientation and coming out of dreams and moving into nightmares. After being split up and split apart from the people she had come down with, she had stopped trying to keep track of the number of puddles she had stepped and fallen into. The one thing that beat persistently in her mind remained the entire reason she had come down here in the first place, although that's not entirely truthful. Kate had been her main goal, but she can't stop herself from feeling guilty that she hadn't been able to reach everyone.
Claire knows that's an impractical goal, as she steps in through the door and is surprised enough that she steps to the side and trips over the metal dog bowls, announcing her presence with a metallic clatter. She blames it on being overtired, having pushed herself to the edge of even her capabilities, and she at least doesn't fall and make an ass of herself but who would even care because Kate is staring at her from a sofa with who the hell is that? ]
Kate.
[ She practically breathes it, and the door is still hanging open with one of Claire's hands wrapped around the frame and her foot in the dog dish, and she doesn't take a step inside, alternately hoping for and against some kind of back up. The look in Kate's eyes is enough to alarm her. ]
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Claire knows that's an impractical goal, as she steps in through the door and is surprised enough that she steps to the side and trips over the metal dog bowls, announcing her presence with a metallic clatter. She blames it on being overtired, having pushed herself to the edge of even her capabilities, and she at least doesn't fall and make an ass of herself but who would even care because Kate is staring at her from a sofa with who the hell is that? ]
Kate.
[ She practically breathes it, and the door is still hanging open with one of Claire's hands wrapped around the frame and her foot in the dog dish, and she doesn't take a step inside, alternately hoping for and against some kind of back up. The look in Kate's eyes is enough to alarm her. ]
God, I'm so glad I found you.