a ship is safe in harbor
but that's not what ships are for
but that's not what ships are for
Aria’s reaction was delightful, the urgency in which she snagged at her treat all the more amusing – and so the Caretaker gave her more pats and scratches around the ears as she sauntered back over. Nodding at Damien’s train and track of thought, similar to her own, she winked. “Sounds like you’ve got a plan now.”
As far as partnership went though, her head tilted, notions musing. “I think you’ll be surprised just how far the companion bond goes – both ways.” Tugs across hearts and souls, minds intertwined, feelings and emotions extended beyond so many other understandings and assurances. Faith instilled in one another, no matter the personalities combined and allied. “If you do find a problem afterwards, come see me.” And they’d figure something out.
And her persistence – well, Mittens lifted its head high, impudent as ever, stone nose vaguely sticking outward in snobbish decree – intentionally hovering upwards more and more, deliberately and obstinately out of reach once again from any claws. “But they learn fast. For now, it’ll be your job to instill some amount of self-preservation,” Lena’s gentle words claimed. “It’s what her mother would’ve done too.”
As far as partnership went though, her head tilted, notions musing. “I think you’ll be surprised just how far the companion bond goes – both ways.” Tugs across hearts and souls, minds intertwined, feelings and emotions extended beyond so many other understandings and assurances. Faith instilled in one another, no matter the personalities combined and allied. “If you do find a problem afterwards, come see me.” And they’d figure something out.
And her persistence – well, Mittens lifted its head high, impudent as ever, stone nose vaguely sticking outward in snobbish decree – intentionally hovering upwards more and more, deliberately and obstinately out of reach once again from any claws. “But they learn fast. For now, it’ll be your job to instill some amount of self-preservation,” Lena’s gentle words claimed. “It’s what her mother would’ve done too.”
Lena
