Phoenix shouldn't be worried about ruining the moment for Dominique. Sure she would've loved to look at the unicorn longer, even get closer to touch it (they did prefer a woman's touch after all); but she was happy with what she had got and she wasn't going to complain. On the contrary, she would owl her mother as soon as they were back at the castle to tell about what they saw.
Yes, she had felt that bond too. She had been fleeing something was happening between them as they walked and talked, realizing they had a few things in common, similar ways of seeing things and just a good conversation; but it was now more evidently to her. "Oh, maybe. I believe nothing happens by coincidence; there's always a reason behind it. Sometimes it's clear to us and other times we have to think and work hard to figure it out; but there's always a reason."