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Scout woke from a nap she hadn’t realized she had been taking to a soft, tinkling, chiming sound. She sat up too quickly, nearly doubled over from the sudden stab of pain in her chest from the movement, and knocked the thankfully empty coffee mug to the rover floor, where it clattered loudly.
The chiming continued with no particular pattern. Scout got to her feet and saw the dogs both sitting up on the bunk, heads tipped as they too puzzled over what they were hearing. Scout retrieved the mug from the floor and set it on the counter in the kitchenette near the sink.
Two thoughts struck her in the same moment. The first: Was the rover moving? The second: The chiming sound was the collection of sporks in the sink gently striking against each other. Scout put a hand in the sink and push
