Awww, Really? I Can't Be Old!

She figured he'd notice. After all, it was pretty obvious when the change happened, and it was something that both excited her and drove her insane. Excited her, because she loved the time she spent with Lark. Drove her insane, because no matter what, the feelings wouldn't disappear. Feelings? Cravings? Whatever you called it. It drove her to be more emotional, more instinctual, and that too was an iffy thing. She did usually embrace it, but still.

Her ear twitched at his drawling statement, feeling a... different sort of warmth in her chest. A comforting warmth? Different than the typical, ah, heat that suffused her when she was in heat. It was... much more satisfying, too. Not that the other heat didn't arise when Lark leaned into her, and she sighed and leaned back, firmly ignoring all tingles throughout her body as she instead focused on her words. "I'm... okay, I guess," she said softly, ears flicking. "I don't know what to do, with the changes going on." It just felt like she was drifting, with no purpose. And with Bass gone - even though Vali had said it would only be a short while, it just... she felt even more like she was drifting.

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