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This time she recognized his apology - she hadn't been able to focus on his words before, what with the dying and all.  Banner's ears flattened as it slowly dawned on her that she must now be a complete weirdo in the eyes of this male.  Ah, great.  She took one second to herself, one moment to be free and let go and it had ended in disaster.  Well, not total disaster.  The light summer breeze did feel a lot better now that she was completely soaked.  Okay, so at least she felt refreshed.

She cleared her throat again, this time offering her newfound company an apologetic smile.  The wag of this gray stranger's tail told her that he was friendly.  At least he was friendly so far.  Though if her defensive reaction didn't scare him off yet, she supposed that he'd be okay.  "Er.. sorry about that," she offered, ducking her head.  "I should have been paying attention, I guess.."  Her voice was quiet, the pacing of her words awkward.  But this was as good as it got with Banner.