Mount Everfall scintillate bright like a diamond

yes, something had definitely changed. Cas felt like he was walking on eggshells now; if he shared with her as openly as he had before, would she leave? relief was upon him, but it was mixed with a little apprehension at the thoughts in her pretty head as she arranged herself so gracefully upon the ground, like a cat or something. the boy stared openly at Laika -- partly because he was foolish, and partly because he could -- and then shook himself out of it. 

"uhum, yeah. a den! let's go," he added, happy to be doing something other than staring at Laika and wondering how he could ask her to do that one thing with him that he really didn't quite understand.