>Did we remember to take our medicine before going to bed last night?
>Either way, take the morning dose before going to the kitchen.
>You did take another does of medicine before going to bed; you'd have to be a lot more drunk than that to forget something so critical.
>You discretely produce the bottle and knock back another capful of the bitter liquid; it's not really helping the thick feeling in your mouth much. But perhaps breakfast might.
>Take a look out the window, then go find coffee. Or pancakes. Or both, both is good.
>You give your limbs another stretch, then walk over to the window. It is a bright day out, the sun shining starkly in a cloudless sky - a little after ten o'clock, if you had to guess. But the view is... strangely captivating. It is a curious feeling to wake among the commanding architecture of the grand city, even in a district as removed from its greatest opulence as this one. Stretching out beyond Kyouko's humble apartment are rows of impeccably tiled roofs and sculpted cornices amid the orderly cobblestone streets, and in the distance beyond you can see the rising sweep of grander structures, ornamented spires and monuments to wealth and privileged. There is still a faint air of unreality to your current situation - both the good and the bad of it. You've come so close to one of your long-held ambitions than you can almost touch it, and yet the promise waiting on the other side of that glass might as well be a world away. You're not going to let this be snatched away from you now. You're not.
>It takes you a few moments to pull yourself away from the view again, but you eventually turn and head towards the kitchen. Sure enough, that's a pancake sizzling upon the iron skillet and a second resting on a plate beside the stove. Or at least part of one - the cook seems to have been nibbling while she works. The article itself smells a touch burnt, but not enough to be unpalatable.
>Kyouko gives the skillet a little shake as you approach, a gesture that seems more rote than actually productive, then chirps "Good morning!"