"No," she replies as she sits up, clearly bleary from sleep even though it's well into the day. "No, I'm fine. It's just seasonal lethargy. I don't like winter very much, it makes me feel groggy."

She reaches down to pet Keiko, the stately old maid having been napping beside her mistress, and receives a lick on her hand. Just one, because more would be...undignified.

"How about you? Are you feeling okay? You look a little worse for wear, you know."