The sun had barely begun to rise when Apple fluttered her eyes open sleepily, squinting against the dawn-touched rays that shone brightly and stretched across her room. She let out a yawn and stretched, hearing more than one pop sound loudly from her back as she worked the night’s sleep out of her body. She ended with stretching her wings wide, then giving her coat a quick shake as she leapt down from the cushion where she rested to th...