race me! race me!

Hanako hadn't frowned this hard in ages. The muscles in her brow and cheeks began to ache as she wondered why oh why couldn't he just leave things be. It would have been so easy, effortless even, but like a dog with a bone Mortis just wouldn't let it go. In fact he just kept pushing and pushing, trying in vain as he approached the topic from multiple angles and it was beginning to make Hanako feel a little cornered. Like no matter what she said it just wouldn't be good enough for him. It was a strange, unfamiliar and unwelcome situation for her to be in. Usually she just said what she thought others wanted to hear, pandered to their desires and best interests, but the one time she spoke her mind...Well, it wasn't going well to say the least. If only she could take back her words, turn the tide of the conversation to push aside any and all worries that Mortis might have. But she knew it was too late for that and any attempt to would come across as fake and pandering. So whether she liked it or not she just had to keep going.

"I haven't no." Which was true enough, though even now she didn't understand what Mortis was getting at. Ignorance is bliss and all that. "But I know my Keepers, they've always done right by me." And that was the simple truth, really. She had no reason to worry about her future when-as far as she knew- it was in safe paws. She'd always assumed that she'd fall in love with whoever ended up being her husband, that their story would unravel like a fairytail and everything would just work out in the end. "You're really worrying over nothing."

Then again Mortis went about it another way, this time talking about the packs laws. Which...what did they have to do with anything? Hanako side eyed him, before settling her gaze forward as he rested his head back onto her paw. Had she been any less touchy-feely she would have probably pulled away by now, but instead she remained where she was, the thought of moving hadn't even occurred to her. Now it just seemed as though Mortis was being pedantic, grasping onto straws. She knew that he was just trying to care for her, in his own misguided way, but she just couldn't understand why her logic and reasoning seemed to bounce off him like water off a duck's back.

"Yeah I read that part, but if you remember it also says you can seek permission too." Now it felt like they were arguing, going back and forth and making no headway at all. Hanako sighed.  "I'm okay. Different doesn't mean bad, you know?"

She hoped they could agree to disagree for now.