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Sekhmet exhaled once.
"I am not arguing with you tonight."
Bat Bat brightened instantly. "Victory."
"That was not permission."
"It sounded like permission."
"It sounded like exhaustion."
"Exhausted permission is still permission."
He looked at her for a moment longer and then gave up because yes, he was too tired to spend further strategic thought on whether she was allowed to sleep in his room.
"Fine."
Bat Bat made the tiniest victorious noise and shot upward in delight before catching herself and pretending she had expected this all along.
"I accept your wise decision."
Sekhmet did not answer.
He closed the room fully, checked the lock more out of habit than needed, and crossed toward the bed. She checked the door lock because she was worried that Elena might come and take her for study. She made sure that Elena can't come.
Sekhmet was busy watching his bed.
