Alright; despite Caleb's assurances she still stopped shy of touching the creature immediately, pausing to uncoil her customary handwrap first and making a couple of false-starts before actually making contact. And then laughing in delighted relief to find that yes, it was warm and not-at-all-unpleasant. "Alright, yeah, that's... definitely something. Kinda cute. You figure out what it is yet?"
At the mention of her 'friend' the laughter returned, albeit awkward and slightly self-conscious, the hand not fussing the flame creature (fingers idly tickling at it in a way that wasn't not how she used to fuss Frumpkin) brushing a strand of hair back behind her ear. "Kate? Yeah, we're... we're good. She's great. We should hang out some time, the three of us. I think you'd like her."