'Nitsa kept watching the mortal boy, that subtle little smile lingering as she tilted her head, regarding him like she would a trapped animal. Fortunately, for him, she was drawn to the voice of the other boy who did have a distinct newness about him, suggesting he was younger than he actually looked. "Well aren't you just the cutest little thing I ever did see," she said as the mortal kid went scampering off like a nervous rabbit.
'Nitsa hated rabbits.
And she would've continued with a little interrogation of curiosity on this shiny new thing in front of her, had Marijuana himself not slid in her attention, looking as if he were born of a leshii and a russalka, which made her almost snicker with delight at the concept. Her eyebrows rose as he mimicked a little bow and extended his arm as if they were in a different time; she offered a hungry grin to the shiny-boy behind the counter and a dancing glance along that succulent little mortal, before following Marijuana up the stairs. His politeness was wise. "Nice pets you have." She said wryly. He might note her presence scattered, as if the edges of her being were disintegrating, eroding, like dust. "You're looking very verdant, Tetra. Is it something you eat? Plant food?"