Re: sorry for delay. had a boatload of ij issues.
"Predatory?" Fred gave the other woman the part of the pastry before she looked down at the squirrels, her mind going to places that they probably shouldn't. She absently drank the coffee as she thought.
"Predatory." She actually tossed a little bit of pastry at the squirrels, not wanting them to give in to the more predatory nature. Attack of the killer squirrels?
"So, I don't know you. Good. I don't think I could handle another sad face. There are too many sad faces around. I want happy faces. Well, maybe not all happy faces. I think a few happy faces would be better." She sighed softly. "Too many sad faces."