Phantom Hollow Nutcase

lol Poor guy. I can't tell if Mitanni's helping or not.

Her ears tipped back when she saw him flinch, unable to comprehend the sudden change in his demeanor. They'd been having so much fun--he'd even laughed!--but somehow it was all gone. Mitanni swallowed back the worst of her anxiety and shifted her weight again from one side to the other. Part of her wanted to turn and run, just to be safe, but another reminded her he'd been making such good strides in recovering...

She licked at her lips, fighting to think of something good to say, but nothing came to mind. Not even when he posed a question to her could she really think of something to say, and instead she stared in puzzlement to begin. Joy? Did she even know how to properly describe it? How did she do that?

Encouraged at least by his normal sounding tone and the lack of aggression, though still worried by his apparent growing anxiety, Mitanni tried to answer. "I...I guess it is warm," she agreed, trying to be helpful. "And light. Like your paws might stop sticking to the ground and you'll fly away." Was that right? Had she been feeling that just now, before this all happened? She couldn't even remember.

There was a little pause as she continued to try to explain how she understood joy, and after a few seconds she added, "And it's easier to laugh."