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[ebonyjaenelle72]

Jaenelle is outside again, looking once more a) alive and b) focused. She's standing at the edge of the lake, humming, her brow furrowed, and thinking intently. There are people she wants to see, conversations she (doesn't) want to have, and things that need doing, but for a moment here, she's just going to look at the lake and enjoy a moment of

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[tomboy_22]

And here's Anita, sitting on her hind legs. She just hunted a pheasant, and is carrying it back to the Mansion to clean it up. She will catch a scent of Jaenelle very early on, and so she angles towards her.

They do need to talk, after all.

[ebonyjaenelle72]

Jaenelle turns and she's donned a mask again, her features even, calm, eyes a completely normal blue if somewhat brighter than the usual. She inclines her head to Anita, politely, and waits.

She'll let Anita set the tone, despite the nervous lurch she gets looking at her.

[tomboy_22]

Anita's quite calm, actually. She sets the prey on the grass, and pads over.

"Hey." Friendly enough - worried, more than anything else.

[ebonyjaenelle72]

"Hello, Anita." Carefully.

[tomboy_22]

"You look better. Last time I saw you, you'd been hit by a container of War and Peace, or somen'. Now, it's a convertible. Progress - that's good."

She licks her lips nonchalantly. She'd go and hug her, or something, but she looks so guarded....

[ebonyjaenelle72]

A flicker of a smile that touches her eyes.

Only because she's afraid of being hurt.

"More or less. It was...a bad night."

[tomboy_22]

"Yeah. Night from hell. I know." A hesitant step forward. "You had me worried, hun."

[ebonyjaenelle72]

She glances down. "I'll be all right."

Oh, the lies.

[tomboy_22]

Another step. "You expect me to believe that?" Gently.

[ebonyjaenelle72]

A slight hesitation. "...I don't know." A pause. "You shouldn't have to worry about me."

[tomboy_22]

"What? You think because I got angry at you I don't love you anymore. Silly girl."

She furls herself around Jaenelle.

[ebonyjaenelle72]

A blink.

Yeah, basically.

She's totally taken by surprise.

[tomboy_22]

"What? Thought you'd get rid of me that easy?"

[ebonyjaenelle72]

"I didn't want to get rid of you!"

[tomboy_22]

"Good. Cuz I ain't going anywhere."

[ebonyjaenelle72]

A blink.

And then a hug.

"I'm sorry."