Swiftcurrent Creek ghost in hanging lights

at the mention of the word 'owe,' lestan started to shake his head immediately. it seemed that suzu was jesting, and so he arrested the movement with a little smile of his own. "th-they're aw-awfully energetic at th-the s-same l-level," he tried himself.
he wondered what was on her mind, having noted the same little discrepancies. and she —
well;
her smile lit her bright lilac eyes to their very dark lashes. it would be foolish to pretend he had not noticed, and yet lestan certainly opted to do so, for multiple reasons even he wasn't able to sort at the moment.
"i'm h-happy to h-help, t-truly," the mayfair went on, pulling his gaze from her own to wander around the base of the blackberry bush, then the earth between his paws. 
"it's — it f-feels g-good to h-have a p-purpose."