Kildeer Rest Much more than heartless

Katora heard the grey male's response.  "Perhaps you two got off on the wrong foot?"  She smiled, trying to be soothing without being insulting.  "Far be it from me to tell you both what to do, but maybe we could try again?"

Just then, the black male interjected.  Was she from Japan?  Katora put her ears half way forward and half way back.  She was sheepish.  She didn't want to disappoint this man, who was so eager to hear where she was from.  Katora hated to disappoint anyone, let alone one of these two, both of whom seemed like good sorts.  "I am sorry, sir.  I am from the north.  Many of my family had names like mine though and it was said that we had traveled to the land in the north across a frozen bridge many generations ago.  Perhaps we did come from your Japan, but not in my lifetime."  

She hoped this would not make him hate her, not that she needed everyone to love her, far from it, but she did not want to alienate a potential new companion over something she could not help.