Meadowlark Prairie codeine scene

She looked back to him, pulling her gaze from the wastes around them. Hm. Her head would tilt a moment, before inky limbs brought her closer, and she pushed her head into his own, words tender as they fell from her jaws. ...I don't think so.

Mouse called to a glue trap. Hardly a day, and she'd grown attached enough. Curious enough. 

Maybe she just didn't want to admit that she wasn't ready to go back to that life.

Self-serving.