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She felt more at ease around Saul than she might have if the person who had come upon her was another adult. Self consciousness was not a feeling she had been much aware of before she had left Japan, but now that she had settled here she worried what the other adult wolves would think of her. The Shimazu daughter couldn't say why exactly, for both Layla and Conor had been very kind to her from the start. Still, children were almost always more open and accepting to new things than those that were ingrained in their ways. Saul was only curious of her and her tea, not judgmental. That was the kind of interaction she needed right now, to help her feel more confident and not so terribly out of place in Dahlia de Mai.
The exuberance with which he replied made her smile grow even more. It almost felt strange, using those muscles in her face again. Tsukiko had not had much cause to smile after her parents' death. There had been times on the ship that she had enjoyed, but now even those were a couple months behind her. It was startling, to realize how long she had already been away from home. Quietly she opened the door to her house and led the way inside. Immediately she found a bowl that would serve and went to the still hot pot of tea that she had made, pouring the tinted liquid into the bowl. She brought the bowl into her small sitting are and knelt down onto the floor.
When she looked up, she saw Saul examining her house with open admiration. The first question from his mouth was not what she would have expected though. Little to the boy's knowledge, Setsuna had followed them casually inside and walked past the pup as he asked his query. "I don't know, what is a Saul?" the feline asked sardonically. "Setsuna, please be nice," she gently chided. It wasn't Saul's fault if he had never been around a cat before, and she didn't want to alienate the nice boy. "Here is the tea Saul, though please be careful, it is hot." For the untrained tongue, it would likely be too hot.
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