"Nobody owns anything in that town; it sort of just runs itself somehow," Lilly explained, "so nobody would be in the pet shop."
Still it was dark, and Lilly was faced with a difficult decision. Either they could go out to Emptiness, and risk getting attacked, or shot by some hunter with a huge ego, or Lilly could let Elanna feed from her. Neither option was appealing, but the latter one might be safer.
"Will it effect me? You, feeding from me?" Lilly finally asked with concern in her voice.