~Selene's POV~
The appointment is at nine.
She is up before six, as she has been since the twins arrived — Lior announcing himself at five forty-three with the particular urgency of someone who has decided that the household's sleep schedule is a matter he intends to adjudicate personally. She feeds him in the chair by the window while the city outside is still in its pre-dawn grey, one hand curved around his head, the other resting in her lap, and she watches him eat with the focused attention of someone still learning the specific rhythms of another person. He is very clear about his rhythms. He has been clear about them since approximately the second hour of his life.
Asha is still asleep.
This is consistent with Asha. She wakes on her own terms, assesses her surroundings at whateve
