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When I see the way you look, shaken by how long it took...

It would be a normal case of friends hanging out, just, with one friend stuck in the hospital. That could still be relatively normal and casual, right? Lexi was determined to make sure that was the case as she entered Gobo's room, peering over at his bed.

"Hey, Gobo. I just met up with Louie for lunch nearby... Thought I'd stop in to see you."

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He nodded, then took their closeness to give her a proper, warm hug now. When they pulled back, he glanced her over and then laughed some.

"Now you kinda look like me."

Lexi snorted at that, amused. "I think that's a stretch. Maybe when I'm in my Fraggle form, though. We'll have to see."

Beyond the scarf and Lexi having a spot of orange coloring here and there, she didn't see it. Although, well, she'd been thinking of adding a second set of streaks to her hair. Maybe pink...

"I said kinda. But you're right, your Fraggle form might fit it better anyway."

"Yeah, it might fit me better then, but I make this work now, too."

She wasn't the most attractive Duck Sibling for nothing, after all.

"Yeah, definitely."

He smiled, settling back against the pillows. While he was cheered, it still had a deep edge of tiredness to it, and when he paused to take a deep breath- that it had to have a pause spoke to how his breathing alone hadn't quite bounced back yet -he closed his eyes a moment, rubbing at the edges of his bandages. The minorest scratch- then mindful that he was being watched, he let his hand drop.

Lexi frowned a bit, watching Gobo's little scratch there. "...Are you not supposed to touch the bandages?"

"I can touch them but I'm not supposed to scratch them. The only problem is it itches worse than a whole week's worth of Pebble Pox."

"Yeah, well... Let's just try getting your mind of it," she said, fiddling with the scarf a bit. "Hey, sometime after you're out of here and you can talk again, we should visit the Rock, don't you think?"

"Visiting the Rock sounds like a great idea." He smiled, then paused after a moment. "Though the doctor said I'd have to take it easy for a couple weeks at first. Uncle Scrooge said I could stay at his place, which isn't exactly one hundred percent comfortable, but it'll do. We can go to the Rock after that."

That got another amused snort from Lexi. "Man, Fraggles are weird," she muttered. "I don't know, I'll kind of like being able to meet up with you easily for a while, Gobs."

True, usually Fraggle magic, or whatever the heck it was, made it so she could find her friend when she needed to, but the point stood.

"That's definitely a bonus. That, and the garden being right there."

Ohh what he wouldn't give for something crisp right now.

"Yeah, see, there you go. It won't be so bad," Lexi assured him, laying a hand on his pillow, by his head. "And I'm sure the other four will stay there with you, if you want 'em to."

He nodded, pleased by that thought. Though... his expression fell after a moment. Another, and he signed the problem.

"I don't know if I've been asleep then or what, but... I haven't seen anyone since Mokey was here for the blood donation. Has anyone been by...?"

"Really? I figured I must've missed Red and Mokey being here..." She knew, though, that Mokey had been quite scared of the hospital, and she could imagine Red feeling unsure of how to act in this situation. As for the other two...

"Wembley really wanted to come - he was here once, actually, but everyone was pretty worried about how he'd handle seeing you in here. Unca Scrooge talked to him, and he didn't tell him everything, but... Enough that he gets it. He's still worried about you, so Boober's been sticking pretty close to him. You know, making sure he's okay."

"I'm glad Boober is with him. With me in here, Boober's the next one I trust to keep after him..."

Still, even the signs were only half-hearted, as he looked a bit down and away.

"I must've missed the girls, I guess. Sleeping's all I've been doing anyway..."

Lexi's frown deepened. "Yeah, you must've," she said, though she wasn't sure that was the case at all. "Should I tell them you wouldn't mind being woken up?"

He nodded some, then looked up at her curiously.

"Does the Rock know?"

Hoo boy, she didn't want to answer that one. It had been the subject of a lot of debate among Gobo's friends, Fraggles and otherwise, and in all that disagreement - in all of the everything that had been going on - the Rock hadn't been informed yet. But that wasn't going to be something he wanted to hear...

Lexi blinked, her troubled expression easily shifting to a confused one - heck, it (almost) looked like it could have been a confused expression all along. "Sorry, I didn't get that one," she lied, loosely mimicking the signs Gobo had just done. "I think it's hard, the telepathy thing, when you're so tired."

His brow furrowed for a moment, then he breathed out a sigh, settling back. It was hard to tell if he believed or, if he was just to tired to try. One hand waved in a limp dismissal of the sentence, though when he turned to continue watching out the window, it almost seemed a dismissal of Lexi. It was obvious, no matter which way you sang it, that his spirits were pretty low.

She sighed. He might have seen through that, but it was hard to say - and in case he hadn't, she wasn't about to hurt him more. Maybe he just needed to rest a bit...

"Do you want to get some sleep?"

A simple answer, no signs, just a single nod of his head. He didn't look her way, just stared out the window, slow blinking only once.

Oh. Well, yeah, that... That just confirmed that he was tired, right? That was all.

"Okay... I'll let you rest up, then," she said slowly, pushing the chair back and getting to her feet. "I'll come around again soon."

One hand raised, a simple wave. Then he let it drop. A goodbye, without ever turning to look.

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