I'm too hot (hot damn)

She listened to his story with interest, not pausing in stroking at his fur. The words could have been bitter. Hell, she probably would have been bitter and resentful in his place if she had been the only one in her family set aside as some sort of legacy for her mom’s family instead of having the comfort of knowing exactly who you were and fitting together with her family. What would it have felt like if Artemis and Iskra had been Aeris and she hadn't? She wouldn't have felt like she was really one of them. But the stranger didn't sound bitter, or resentful, just matter of fact and kind of… sad. “Sounds lonely,” she ventured, prompting him to continue.