Horizon Ridge For the Heart

"Don't bother," Pump shrugged, "there must be balance - some are better at talking, some are better at listening." It didn't bother her at all that Gavriil talked so much. That way he filled the uninevatable silence that would set between them, if the wolf-dog was left in charge of the conversation. Except for important occasions or, when she felt especially talkative, she was rather quiet type, who kept a lot to herself.

"That is the very essence," she countered, when it turned out that according to Gavriil "liking to live" was not exciting enough. "You do stuff, stuff happens to you - good or bad - it's part of living. It's the process I like," Pump explained. "But you think differently, don't you?"