Sam woke to the morning light, not well rested thanks to worry, and confused for a moment about not waking with Tom. When he remembered why he was on the floor in Tilly's room he jumped up to check on her. She grumbled at him when he checked her forehead, not entirely sure why he did since she hadn't got a fever, but it seemed like the thing to do. She had slept right through the night because of the sedative, and he hadn't had to attend to her, but in the moments he couldn't sleep he had watched her face as she slept, hoping to have her back to normal in the morning, but knowing that Dill's recovery was key to that.
Tilly felt a hand on her face and wondered why she felt so groggy. 'Morning.' she thought to Dill, and got no response. She reached out to the hand and realised it was Sam, a
