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A breath whooshed out of her as Sialuk offered an amiable greeting, then asked where she was headed. Although she felt a wholly uncharacteristic twinge of annoyance at being followed, Meerkat could not stay upset with Sialuk beyond a second or two. It wasn't her friend's fault that she'd made herself an easy target, nor that Meerkat's mood was mysteriously mercurial lately.

"I was going to Sapphique to see a friend," she replied, turning to more properly face the white she-wolf. She found herself admitting, "That's not what I was doing out here originally, though. I just needed to get away for a bit." Meerkat paused, eyes resting contemplatively on Sialuk's pale features. "I didn't want to bring down the room the other day... but things have been a little rough lately."