Stone Circle Collision of worlds

 The girl finally did speak, and the pup's question took her by surprise, until her mind puzzled it out at last. Was it jealousy, that spurned the girl to scorn her so? She wondered at the thought a moment, but did not pursue it long. "I don't know." She answered finally, surveying the girl. "I think he felt sorry for me, at first."  He was lonely, and kind, and she'd been eager to step into the role of companion both because of the life he offered her, and her own growing loneliness. 

"He's very kind."  She added, not quite sure what the girl wanted her to say. Murdock was lonely; it was why he said he'd made his offer. She wasn't sure if being unable to chase women to curl up with at night made one lonely, but it seemed easier to say this than try and explain his exact words.