Sadly, Svetlana was also used to awkward silences. They happened plenty of times whenever Anatoly came home from a match. Oh sure, when Molokov left them alone for an extended amount of time, her husband started to become human again. But before she could get used to it, to have her husband back, Molokov would swoop in and Anatoly would be off to another match and the dance began all over again. So really? She was used to sentences trailing off and not knowing what to do or say. She wanted to leave the complex before Anatoly showed up, or for the girls to decide that they wanted to go back to their father....
But then she was asking about pets and Svetlana just blinked. That had.. come out of nowhere. Yes, awkward silences often did lead to random questions, but to be asked about pets?
"No, we do not...."
Hearing Brittany talk about her dad, though, Svetlana gave a slight smile. She wondered what Anatoly would think of the girls having a pet. Honestly, the Russian had considered it at times, but it was never really an option for them. And after Anatoly left, the risk of having a pet and the cruelty of people just made it worse. Maybe it was Svetlana's inability to trust people talking, but she didn't want to risk the girls getting attached to a pet only for some angry neighbor to take out their issues on an innocent animal.