Doreen gave a faint smile. "Better than being dead," she said, voice trembling to continue to betray her feelings. "I just wish... everyone could have made it."
She gripped her tail when Tabby brought up the squirrels. "They... they were great, huh?" She bit her lower lip, an expression that would have been comical under any other circumstances; her buck teeth looked hilarious like that. "They've always looked out for me. But... but it's not fair! It's not fair that those stupid things came and attacked and killed them and our friends and wrecked our home!"