"Actually, I was referring to you being the pain in the ass," Vala said with a dry smirk, kicking off the boot that she'd never quite managed to get on her foot in the first place. "And I already know that I can survive." Maybe this was doable after all, some of her sass was creeping back in already.

She had no idea how she was going to feel about all this in the morning, probably swear she was never drinking again, but something about this felt good - like she'd achieved something she'd never done before. It was probably all related to that cathartic actualisation nonsense that she'd crammed up on her for her psych test back home.

Vala took Daniel's hand and smiled at him contentedly like she'd just let him into the biggest secret of her life. "I think that's probably a wise move," she felt like she'd been through an entire catalogue of emotion and sleep was definitely featuring highly on the priority list. "Plus, I'm not sure how much longer I can pull off the complicated task of standing up."