If she had to be asked, she was reasonably certain that she would say it was the last part that had her staying there with a boy a few years younger than herself in her lap. In part, that was true, but she knew that it wasn't the total story. There were some nebulous feelings that she had regarding the whole thing, and she felt a... connection to this boy that she wasn't quite sure that she understood. For some reason, she felt... protective and territorial about him, almost like she'd seen older siblings react to the travails of younger ones, but it wasn't quite that. She knew that he had been through a lot, and something made her want to help prevent what she could from continuing to do so.
At least she had little trouble in acknowledging and accepting the desire to go after the ogre who'd called himself this boy's 'father' so that she could thrash him silly.
He nestled into her strong frame, and her brows came together as she looked down at him. A smile was on his face, and his body language made it clear that he was very happy to be where he was, but not in a troublesome way. To be honest, the fact that he was feeling so comfortable and safe in her presence, even though he was unconscious, made her feel a warmth grow in her chest...
The pale girl blinked as she realized that she was feeling something that she hadn't for a very long time. Somehow, she was getting a connection to this boy, in a way that had been absent from her life since she'd been a child. Not that she wasn't concerned about her fellow catgirls, but this was different. This was on a level where she reacted based on her emotions regarding him, instead of her head.
That scared her... a lot. Sure, he'd been 'damaged' to the point where he'd been unable to see anything remotely feline without breaking down into an animalistic mental state, but she found that on some level, she liked him. Such emotions made her very concerned, as they could be dangerous, in more ways than one.
But that didn't stop her from stroking his hair, and pulling him closer to her body while:
(Posted Sat, 04 Jun 2005 05:15)
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