Ash was the first to rouse and greet the early morning sun alongside me.
From my little vantage point at the dining table, perched over at the most distant chair, my lips clamped over a glass of something toasty and bitter, I caught her stirring awake over the top of my phone display - almost mistook her for Adalia with how often I'd see her rising upright the same Ash just did right then.
I was watching a stream on my phone to kill some of that early morning freedom in light of my abrupt change in work schedule, which of course was absolutely intended and not at all through any fault of my own, yes, of course, shut up.
Rise and Shine Speed Sketch #54 was what eventually caught my eye on my listless browse for things to keep me entertained with a viewer count high in the thousands to deserve at least a little look-see.