Hushed Willows till she said that she sounds just like sarah vaughan

Breeze. Seabreeze? Lily asked rhetorically, cocking her head further. She's around here, somewhere. I don't mean you any harm, darling. Every movement was slow, even her blinks. She felt that the slightest twitch could send this woman reeling. And the look in her eyes. . .god! What had she been through?

Seabreeze and I are very good friends, she continued. She won't let anything bad happen to you, and neither will I. You're safe with us. Whether the other believed her or not remained to be seen. Lily sat down gently, curling her tail around her paws, catlike. An uneasy silence fell between the two of them, with Lily waiting for the frightened girl to speak and the frightened girl, well. . .

Perhaps she wouldn't speak. That was okay, Lily supposed.