You know, it's tones like those that make her want to turn around and walk right back into the room, then teleport twenty miles away and not return for a week. Still, it was Terrence, and she couldn't really just... ignore him.

All right she could, but that would be rude, and she was still walking on eggshells around him. That was the way it always was with the 'strays' she managed to take in, after they were happy and content they had a hard time ever leaving of their own accord, but those first few weeks of trust-building were shaky.

She paused, only a foot or so from him, looking up at him curiously. She did he best to not look like a deer caught in the headlights, just from the odd emotions coming off of him.

"... so...?"