Anani seemed slightly taken aback by the trilling, but he continued to investigate the toys, batting at a feather with one paw. Meanwhile, Valdis had fixed Devin with a forcefully neutral expression, which unfortunately meant she had to look up at him, a fact which she hated, because she still sat on the floor. He was making it very hard to be nice and apologize like she had planned. She still owed him some sort of payback for moving her out of his way last month, but now was not the time. Luckily she had a long memory.

"I'm sorry I called you an asshole and was insensitive concerning your feelings," she said. The words came quite easily, and while she could have added a 'but', or tacked on some sort of logical excuse, she didn't.