“The search for Rising Alien Stage Star continues!! Anakt Garden student-”

The flicking of channels was the only illumination in the dimly lit room, sitting stiffly on a somewhat ragged couch was a human, perhaps in their teens or early twenties, haphazardly covered by a thick blanket, next to them a pretty young woman, dark skin and long dark hair that was tied back, stood next to the tv, arms crossed as she watched with a tilted head.

“You’re gonna ruin your eyes watching tv in the dark like that y’know.” She grinned, turning on an overhead lamp and then plopping down onto the couch as well, a foot kicked up on the coffee table as she held two cans of soda.

“You’re so stiff still…” She mumbled, popping the tab on her drink but not taking a drink just yet. “Relax, you don’t gotta be so…” She winced. “Never mind!” Then she smiled, patting the kid’s (well in her eyes a kid) back. “Chin up! Everything at your own pace, alright?”