Bella rolled her eyes. "Seeing as I've never shown up in a bachelor's home before sunrise, I don't suppose I was expecting anything in particular," she argued, finding it difficult to maintain eye contact with the conversation topic as it was. "And—well, maybe I have been drinking," she thought aloud, "but I would have come even if I hadn't been." It wouldn't help her case, but she'd never been good at lying (or withholding the truth, for that matter).
She glanced down at Frideswide, stroking her fingers her fur. "Creatures are the only thing that bring me comfort when I'm... upset. They don't get angry. They don't ask questions. They just... listen," she rambled, a smile finding its way to her face for the first time since she'd returned to the Hebrides.
She glanced down at Frideswide, stroking her fingers her fur. "Creatures are the only thing that bring me comfort when I'm... upset. They don't get angry. They don't ask questions. They just... listen," she rambled, a smile finding its way to her face for the first time since she'd returned to the Hebrides.

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