It's an immediate relief when he understands, and she recovers her smile quickly, though it doesn't quite reach her eyes. "I don't mind. I've had plenty of practice." Their majesties' menagerie isn't the torment it once was, but she'd spent months having to put her walls up whenever she got too close to it. Numair had made sure she had that skill down pat once he realized how much listening to the caged animals had pained her.
"If we find someone you'd like to talk to, I can just let my walls down a bit. That way, there won't be any ruction." If the entire shelter knew she was there, they'd all want to meet her, and then she'd end up spending the next few hours tending to everyone.
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Date: 2016-12-08 03:47 am (UTC)"If we find someone you'd like to talk to, I can just let my walls down a bit. That way, there won't be any ruction." If the entire shelter knew she was there, they'd all want to meet her, and then she'd end up spending the next few hours tending to everyone.