Katie woke up the next morning in Ezra's bed, seeing she was still asleep. She got up and walked out to the front room, grabbing her pack and mask before writing a note saying she would be back. After she wrote the note, she shifted into a raven and flew out the window, flying around town and singing tunes to songs she didn't know. Katie went to feed both of her dogs and hunted for more deer while she was out.

Ezra started to stir from her sleep. Once she realized that Katie was gone, she quickly got up to look around for the missing woman. She found the note and read it, relaxing a bit knowing that Katie didn't just disappear. Ezra decided to take the day to relax and hang out around the house. She walked over to one of the bookshelves in her house and grabbed one of the books off the shelf, finding a comfy chair to sit in while she read and waited for Katie to come back. By the time Katie got back, it was a bit later than midday, Katie knocked loudly on Ezra's door.

"You home Ezra?" Ezra quickly got up from her spot and set the book aside, hearing Katie's voice, and rushed over to open the door.

"Yep! Come on in!"

"Thanks, I got dinner," Katie glanced up towards the sky,"or maybe a late lunch," Ezra hadn't had anything that Katie had made to eat, besides jerky of course, so she was obviously excited either way, motioning for Katie to come in.

"You did?! What'd ya get?" Katie took off her mask and wiggled it.

"What do I usually eat," she asked playfully. Ezra got embarrassed once again and she put her had on the side of her neck. Katie giggled at this,"Nah, can't eat venison all the time"

"T-that is true"

"I got some rabbit that will make a lovely stew"

"Sounds great! Definitely different from what we would get scavenging," Katie stepped into the house and set her mask down on the table before moving into the kitchen. Ezra followed Katie, making sure to shut the door. Katie grabbed a thin treated plank of wood to use as a cutting board, 3 mid-size rabbits, some rosemary, thyme, and one clove of garlic to chop up.

"This'll take a bit if you want to sit down or something"

"Mkay, I will," Ezra smiled before grabbing a sketchbook she had set aside and a pencil so she could try drawing something while she waited. She tried to remember one of the things she had seen before the zombie apocalypse. She was able to get a clear image in her head and started to sketch.

Katie got out a hunting knife to debone the rabbits, putting the bones in a pot of water to simmer, but not boil. She lit the stove, as she was making bone broth, and chopped up the herbs and put them in the broth to give it more flavor. She added some salt and grabbed a small pan to brown the rabbit meat, not much though. Katie carefully took the bones out of the pot to give to Blue and Lady later and put the rabbit meat into the broth and herbs before chopping up 4 good sized potatoes into bite sized pieces and adding those as well. She waited for the potatoes to be soft and the meat to tenderize and cook the whole way through before killing the heat, salting it for taste, and serving the stew into two bowls. Katie put the pot and board back into her pack after cleaning and getting out a small loaf of sourdough bread.

"And done, well that was a fun 4 hours of standing," There was obvious sarcasm in Katie's voice,"Dinner is served," Ezra laughed and set her sketchbook and pencil to the side, making sure they'd be safe while the two ate.

"Sweet, thanks you for making it Katie"

"No problem," Ezra grabbed her bowl from Katie and set it on the table. KAtie broke the loaf in half and handed one of them to Ezra, then sat to eat. Ezra sat down in her seat before looking at Katie for a moment.

"So, how was your day?"

"It was pretty good, I just read a bit today while you were gone. Luckily nothing eventful has happened around town, though that does make me kind of worried"

"Yeah........"

"......Sooooooooooooo, since yesterday happened," at the mention of the previous day, Katie blushed.

"What are we gonna call," Ezra thought for a minute before continuing, making a gesture between them both,"this? I wanna make sure I'm not making a choice that would hurt you or ruin any plans you have"

"I have lived in a forest my entire life, what plans could I have? I know next to nothing when it comes to love or attraction, but I know that if something happened to you, I would be devastated. With Jay or Joey, I would be upset, but with you? That would break me, and I've told you what happens to a broken skinwalker," Ezra nodded before replying.

"I would be broken too. I think the only good thing about this town right now is that we come back from the dead," Katie shrugged.

"Don't make it hurt any less"

"No, it doesn't, but at least death wouldn't turn you into one of those zombie creatures I had to deal with. It seems that state is worse than death, your loved ones can't decide which is the right decision, kill ya or let ya live, taking other people's lives," Ezra had a sad smile on her face and looked down, remembering her old life, she never wanted Katie to experience that. Meanwhile, Katie seemed disturbed.

"Fuck infiri"

"Infiri?" Ezra seemed confused, which confused Katie as well.

"Ya know, the walking, infected corpses? MAde with necromancy? Muggles call them zombies or something"

"Ah, I see. In my time, there was a virus of some kind, that's what happened with the infected. If you got bitten or scratched, you have a bit of time before you turn"

"Sounds like the same thing, except infiri are made, then spread"

"Interesting," Ezra finished up her stew and started eating her bread. Katie finished her food, getting up to leave again.

"Well, I need to go. Need to check in on my dogs again, feed 'em and all that good stuff," Katie took a few steps back from a window before running towards it and shifting, flying out of it. Ezra gave a small nod before starting to clean up the bowls and went back to her sketchbook.

"I'll have to ask to go with her next time," after sketching for a bit, Ezra decided to collect some flowers for Amelia and Weast's graves, she hadn't been there since Masky's death. Once she collected enough flowers, she made her way over to the graveyard, leaving the flowers at their graves and leaving to go find her friends.