Novella certainly wouldn't have expected anything else as Anthem moved forwards to accept her game, taking hold of the other end of the stick and quickly falling into play mode. Her tail continued to wag happily and a small playful growl left her as she gave a small tug back in response. To her surprise however Anthem would release the stick at that point, her initial thought, although he hadn't yelped, was perhaps she had hurt her brother somehow. Maybe the stick had cut his mouth or something as she had tugged and she would swiftly drop the stick, ready to examine whatever the problem was.
To her surprise however Anthem would ask what she considered to be a rather ridiculous question, her expression would momentarily shift to one of shock as he spoke, hardly able to believe he was actually asking such a thing. Never could she be mad with Anthem, she wasn't often mad with her family but to hold such an emotion towards the most innocent of her siblings was completely impossible. Yes he had caused some trouble and she wished dearly that she could meet her nieces and nephews but never once would she be angry at him for it all, he didn't know what he was doing and she knew he certainly hadn't meant to cause any harm in that moment or in the long run.
Stepping closer to close the distance she would nuzzle him comfortingly. "Of course I'm not mad at you." She confirmed for him. She wouldn't elaborate it wasn't needed, just a clear simple answer that she wasn't angry would be completely fine. Although she wondered why such a thought had entered his mind, she wouldn't ask, there was no use in diving into such things, it wouldn't change anything after all.
