Sun Mote Copse Cloud nine

Unluckily for Nellie, her writer loves torturing her with feelings >:). Nellie didn't know what she felt for Phox in that moment, she just knew it was different from something like a friend or family. As much as she was aware that Phox was older - much older - than her, their interactions were so... Yeah, different. He didn't treat her like a little girl like her mom did. or as a pesky sister like Bronco did. She felt like she could really be 'Nellie' around him. She had no idea how to bring this up, if she even should, but Nellie would continue to have these feelings despite the strangeness of it all.

Well shit. Was her response, halting very suddenly so she wouldn't crash into him nor into the stream. She stuck her nose to the ground, sniffling around a bit and circling back to where she had began. Just our luck, ey? — Maybe somethin' else is around? She looked to Phox then as, again, something fluttered in her food system.