Adjustments

Vali nodded, determination hardening in her gaze. That settled it; she would do that in a heartbeat. She would visit Finch after she finished this time with Bass, or at least in the next day. Her ears perked up, and a smile grew on her face as Bass went into Finch's hobbies. Collecting? Ohh, that'd be so much fun! She knew the perfect places for that; she was guilty of her own little collection in her den. Mostly feathers, but she did have a few shiny polished river rocks. She even found a purple rock outside Alacritia that she carried with her; perhaps she could give that to Finch... Hmmm... She had never quite found a rock like that before and haven't found anything similar since, so it'd be a good gift. And singing... Vali would ask her to sing a song, definitely. Her thoughts broke off sharply when she noted the flinch, and was that a pained tone she heard in his voice? Oohhh. She still hadn't met the woman... in fact, she couldn't smell Wren at all with Bass. Gone, left? A slow anger curdled in her stomach. How dare someone leave Bass, if that was the case. She wasn't going to ask, though, not with that pain. Instead she simply pressed against him in response.

Nothing more would be said, or motioned with Bass' (former?) mate, with Bass simply continuing his words about Finch. Hmm, shy? She... didn't have a lot of experience with shy. But, she'd try anyways! A sheepish grin crossed her face. "Well, I don't have much experience with shy but I'll see what I can do," she promised, a light of hope in her eyes. She'd make Finch cheerful again, she would. The grin dropped when Bass started speaking again, but the light remained in her eyes as she listened quietly. She nodded slowly to the words. That does... make it hard. If there's the possibility of rocks, then that means she was found near rocks. That could definitely cause it. And hallucinations, that wouldn't be too far out of it with a poisoning, even if she didn't know the symptoms of Foxglove. Perhaps she could ask Harmony, and begin to learn about poisons. Prevent this from happening again.

Bass shook his head to her apology, but that didin't change how horrible she felt about it. She listened, the light in her eyes darkening as she looked up at him. Slowly, her head would lower, until it was laid on the combination of his paws and hers. "I just wish I could have done more, stopped this from happening." The girl didn't deserve the pain, and neither did Bass.

"Speech"