Thane stood at the door of Shepard's bedroom, it was early in the morning. He stood in the hallway, wondering if this was the best choice of action.

"Jan...?" He gingerly knocked on the door as he slowly opened it, "I'm sorry to disturb you two but Kolyat and I woke up early and we were wondering...?"

He found Risu opening the curtains while Shepard was still sleeping, light spilling all over the room.

"Ah good, you're up," Risu softly spoke motioning towards the door, "I'll whip up some breakfast. How did you sleep? The guest bedrooms typically aren't occupied so I was worrying that the beds weren't broken in yet." Thane stepped aside as Risu exited, closing the door behind him, "It takes him a while to get up, don't worry about it.. Shall we?"

They walked down the hallway, passing various paintings, some more questionable than others. "Your home is lovely, Risu."

"Isn't it? We designed and built it ourselves. I find that the arid air around here agrees with me. Have you... Had any problems here? Any pain?"

"I'd be lying if I said no, I have had some but my Kepral's is advanced so pain is pretty much a given by now but thank you for asking. How long will Jan take to wake up? He was typically pretty alert on the Normandy...?"

"He's not on the Normandy though, he's home. He typically runs on a different schedule here, he'll be up soon."

They both made it to the spacious kitchen, there was an eclectic sense to the room. There was a vast island in the center where Kolyat was sitting, he still seemed tired. Risu began to move about the kitchen, opening cabinets and the fridge in a habitual state. He turned on the coffee maker and the island oven, "Hun, there's coffee when you need it!" he shouted as he was taking out a slab of salmon meat from the fridge. Thane could hear someone grumbling down the hallway and doors opening and closing. All he could do was try and stay out of Risu's way, he sat with Kolyat at the other side of the island.

"I've never had a human breakfast before, what're we having?" Kolyat asked, watching Risu.

"I was planning on searing some fish, have some left over rice from yesterday, make miso soup along with some seaweed salad."

"Ah yes, seaweed salad, Shepard seemed to swear by the stuff back on the Normandy." Thane chuckled at the memory, "I remember he tried to make others on the crew try it, much to his failure."

"Well in this household--" Risu was just getting ready to explain, a sudden thunk grabbed his attention.

Shepard stood at the entryway of the hallway, arm out to support him from falling over, wearing nothing but his N7 boxers. He made his way slowly to the kitchen. Risu poured him a mug of coffee as he sat down besides Kolyat, he began to rub his green eyes as he grumbled to himself. He yawned and began sipping his drink.

"I'm sure by the time the fish is done, he'll be ready for the day. It's almost ready anyways." Risu pressed down on the slab of meat with his spatula.

"Is he always like this here?" Kolyat motioned to the tired looking Shepard.

"Pretty much," Risu unapologetically stated as he began grabbing plates and bowls out of the cabinets, he paused, placing a hand on his hip, "Ready for the day, soldier?"

Rrrrready for the day, my precious frog prince!" Jan lifted his mug, he still sounded a bit sleepy.