"Eh?" His expression belayed bewilderment at Antha's question. Could she be an alien? A child of the TARDIS displaced in time and space? Surely she had encountered ears in her peers even if she lacked them herself. Three blinks followed one another's tails in rapid succession. The child seemed quite certain of her ignorance.
Ritsuka seldom allowed anyone to touch an inch of his person. The boy's ears had always been particularly sensitive. It would be exceptional to invite contact with them. Yet this small, inquisitive being had completely undone his customary smothering restraints. It was uncanny. "Of course. Feel." The tall teen bent low in order to bring soft cartilage into Antha's orbit. The ebony cat ears twitched in nervous anticipation and he fought not to flinch artlessly.