It's time to raise the curtain

An ear flick would be the only sign that what he said might have struck a nerve with the girl, for her contented full belly kept a smile readily on her face. “Yeah cos I'm small like one an' twitchy.” It hadn't been her name always, but it was the one they gave her when she failed to grow and her peculiarities came to light.

When he gave his own name in return, her lip curled in a grin wide enough to expose white teeth and she wrapped her paws a little tighter around his short tail just in case he did decide to dump her on the ground. “Y'might look scary like a demon in the right light, but y' don't act like one. I like you Ghoul. What's your pack like?” She tried to hide the tinge of sadness in her voice as she asked, knowing that sooner than later he would have to go back to his home and she'd be out here alone again.

“Speech”