Gus only shrugged at that, caring less about insensitivity to dead birds than scooping up a grand old mouthful of stew for herself. “Well, as long as you don’t let things get too quiet around here,” she joked, sure that a new pet of any kind could prove a comfort when their mother had one of her worsened periods and everything indoors felt stifling and quiet and orderly. She didn’t mind being the loud one in the family, but another mess of a creature probably would make her feel more at home about it.
gorgeous set by Lady!