Re: Mean-Eyed Cat: Cat/Em
[The accusation of humanity did make her smile, just a little. She angled a glance over at Cat, not saying anything about it, but clearly sharing the opinion that she and humanity were definitely strange bedfellows. She reached out to draw the beer nearer to her on the bartop, but didn't lift it or the shot for the moment. She looked down at its golden depths with the yeasty scent rising up toward her, and she didn't look at Cat with the next words. She hadn't said them out loud yet, and she didn't know how well it was going to go.]
We're not a couple. [There was that hurt-throat feeling again, and she swallowed it down hard. Oh, that sucked.] He has everyone at the carnival to look after, and I'm too much of a messy thing to deal with. [A broken little laugh slipped out and she cut her gaze up again as she gestured at herself with her injured hand.] Obviously.