She didn’t know his full ritual of killing, if she did, maybe she would be a little more concerned for him and she was. Right now though she was just happy to be with him, secrets out and him having divulged at least part of his secret to her. She still only saw him as good, perhaps that was wrong of her to do so, but she couldn’t stop herself from being what she was too. Neutral. She was not good like the Aztecs, but certainly far from evil. She knew the world was not so black and white as everyone wanted to believe it was. Dexter was one of those cases too. He was grey, but she was too. While she would probably usually side with the wolves of Taviora she never agreed with the decision Amoxtli made to forgive the Monster of Taviora. That would never sit right with her. They attacked them and he… well he forgave them and wanted to send her Levi to make friends with the beast that hurt him. Changed him. Then he… vanished. She felt a twinge of something… perhaps if Dexter had been there, perhaps he could have prevented Levi from Levi by enacting taking her life. But then would she still have this?

Whatever this was, she liked it. She liked the trust he had in her, she had in him. The memories she was making with him. Levi was gone leaving her broken but Dexter was fixing her, making her right again. She would never have been broken, needing his fixing if Levi never left, but he was gone now. Slowly she wasn’t sure what she would make of him if he ever returned, would she be upset? Happy? She was confused on her feelings towards Levi now, confused towards her feelings towards Dexter, this is where knowing there was grey in the world bit her back. She did like him though, at least she was pretty sure he did.

She laid there watching him laugh and leap around her, kicking up the leaves about her causing her to bat them away and throw her paws at him as he celebrated her fall. She couldn’t help but keep thinking about things, letting her gaze keep drifting to the skies, thinking. He noticed. He always noticed the subtle changes in her, things not many others ever did. That was why she liked him, not because he was handsome, though he was, it was because of who he was. Monster and all she finally felt noticed for who she was too.

Silly or not though the girl was happy when finally he was flopping into a pile of leaves next to her. What she didn’t expect was to be barked at before doing so. Her eyes refocused on him instead of the sky just before she got a face full of leaves before he flopped down next to her. Her tail whipped through the leaves slightly though it stopped in surprise for a moment as he nudged against her shoulder. She felt like melting her eyes went to him as he sat up over her, she blinked a bit bemused, not sure what to think of this situation as her face and ears slowly started burning beneath her fur. His question though left her breathless. She wasn’t even sure what to think of it.

Perhaps it was bad to make assumptions, but kids generally meant mating and mating generally meant feelings… right? Though again she reminded herself that the way she and Yoska came about was a fling based on hormones and physical attraction. She and Dex though they had more than that… right? Her mind was jumping to conclusions, ones she didn’t want to jump to, get hurt by. Slowly she nodded her head. She had, but she was never sure how… not until now at least. She wondered if this was him saying he liked her back, or if perhaps it was completely unrelated altogether. They were both perfectly into being middle aged, any older and thoughts of children usually were left forgotten. They were almost to that point, but yes… she had thought of kids, and kids with Dexter, that thought filled her with glee.

She was still frozen, not wishing to put herself out there, get hurt. She slowly tilted her head asking him if he had in her own mute induced way. After being hurt by Levi, even if it was unintentional, she didn’t want to be hurt again.