"I didn't say that!" Cathy protested weakly, though the pink that rose in her cheeks was all too telling. So she had a crush. Or something.
...This was all very complicated.
"Just shoes, really," Cathy replied, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear. She glanced over at Tennel Ka curiously at the mention of selling jewels to buy leather, but decided not to ask any questions for fear of offending her new shopping partner.
"Preferably of the nice, strappy, black variety," she added as an afterthought.