Tama stared at him stony-faced for a while. For a long time she thought the answer had to be yes. But if he wasn't going to hurt her she began to think maybe it didn't have to be that way. "I don't know, it's just always been that way. My litter-sisters, my mother, my grandmother. They always had to run. It's all we ever knew. Finding our your girlfriend or wife is a Kitsune isn't exactly looked on as a good thing. They find out, they get angry because we lied about who we are. So we run away."