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“I don’t know. I panicked,” she explains. She didn’t have a clear head back then, and when she had a chance to think, going back to Drageda seemed impossible. Rose turns away from her and Mallaidh jerks, slightly, to keep her close. Her friend is a big source of confusion and questioning, tension between her and Blixen, and weird feelings between the three of them none of them ever want to face. As she inches closer, she puts one paw on Rose’s, if she’ll let her. “I had to figure out some stuff. I had to… I didn’t know who I was and I needed to know that first. And I did. Sorta, I’m still figuring it out, I mean, but I’m here now.”
 
Her breath hitches in her throat and she slowly stands, fails, and settles for sitting. Her face twists when she puts too much pressure on her sprained ankle and in an attempt to hide her pain, she noses through the fur of Rose’s neck and breathes in deep. “I’m really sorry, I lo—” she chokes, words lodging in her throat as she draws back.