Novella's insistence that nothing had happened brought a lopsided smile to Satu's muzzle. She was still pretty much indifferent to the opposite sex despite having just turned four, but that didn't mean she was completely blind and deaf. "Well why not?" she asked, with no teasing whatsoever. "You like him, don't you? You wouldn't have brought him home if you didn't like him. And he's cute... I guess... so what's holding you back?" She cocked her head curiously at her younger cousin, chocolate brown eyes intent. "Does he have bad breath or something? Cross-eyed? Bad temper? No, you wouldn't like him if he had a bad temper." She raised her eye brows at Novella, inviting her to speak up.
