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What was wrong with her? Maegi was simply trying to engage in conversation, and yet here this woman was, backing up and apologizing. Blue bristled, tilting his head and looking warily at the stranger before taking wing, landing on Maegi's shoulder and fixing the woman with a gimlet stare. For her part, the girl did much the same, brows raised in puzzlement.

"Why are you sorry?" she asked. "I don't live here, either." Kind of weird. Her gaze darted to Moorhen and then Coelacanth, their dark pelts barely visible amid the steam. If this woman decided to do anything untoward, at least she had backup. Though from the looks of her. . .

"Wait, no one?" Maegi added, perplexed. "What's your name, I mean?"