She looked at him as if he was talking to the wrong person. "Yeah, I know," she told him softly, "and it will take you time to adjust, it did me." She went from fur to skin, warm to hot, and having to socialize with people when she was alone for nine years, she got this.
"Yes, you had no control over what you did, but you feel guilty. You should go to her say that you are sorry, fluff up that ego a bit, because she was your friend, right?"