[Queen does the typical cat thing where she starts rubbing alllll up in Rue's business. Just pretend she has a cat scent to mark.

Casey takes in that expression, the pride and warmth that comes from Mother Approval, and some secret tension bleeds out of his shoulders. Whatever else happens, going forward, he won't ever lose this. The rest will be... just fine. Somehow. Probably.

But he'll always have Rue.]

It's done for now, yeah. Hard to believe it's already been two... semesters? [He thinks that was the word they used.] Hunter's trying out some smaller summer classes. I was thinking of doing that too, but not yet. Gonna take a break first.

[He definitely can't focus on anything now, so. Nevermind.]