lucky find

The other woman bristled and Gloom squeaked nervously. The stranger seemed to be confused, then jumped to her paws as if nervous herself. Somewhere in the back of the panicked girl's mind that started a gear turning. Her voice seemed to reach her and the girl shook her head frantically. "N-No..." She said softly. "...I'm just bad with strangers..." she mummled, the "I'm" in her words so soft even she barely heard them.

She skittered away slightly, partially wanting to let the other woman pass if she wanted, but also felt guilty about making her abandon her meal, she glanced at the fish for a moment and made a small gesture of her head to indicate the woman could return to eating. She could feel the woman's eyes on her and she dropped her head, avoiding eye contact as much as possible.

"Speech"