Jane's reaction is one of total perplexity. She really isn't sure what she was expecting Cole to say, but it wasn't that. Her face scrunches up slightly, lips screwed to one side as she thinks, then loses herself in a silence she's convinced is awkward.
"Bread might do them more harm than good." She eventually offers quietly, not unkindly. Unkindness has its place, back in the arena.
It's hard to say what she would have done if she had come across him in her world. Ignore him, she thinks. Put up a very convincing act of wondering why he was wasting so much food, act like she couldn't understand his reasons. One of the bolder cats slinks her way, arches against her as it rubs its cheek on her shin. She stiffens at its touch, brow furrowing with a frown as she fixes her gaze on the stray. From this angle, it's hard to miss how slender it is, how its coat patches in places from various scuffles. It's a rough life fending for yourself, no one has to tell her that.
Carefully, she tries to nudge it back towards Cole. It occurs to her that she can do more than disapprove, and the strange thing is she wants to. It's been so long since that was even an option for her that there's really no resisting the choice.
"... I'll be right back." There's a shop back the way she'd come that she has in mind, some crazy pet store, and that's where she heads.
It doesn't take her very long, because she's gone with something in mind. If he keeps an eye out, he'll spot her hefting a pretty big bag of cat food back his way.
i for one welcome our new feline overlords
"Bread might do them more harm than good." She eventually offers quietly, not unkindly. Unkindness has its place, back in the arena.
It's hard to say what she would have done if she had come across him in her world. Ignore him, she thinks. Put up a very convincing act of wondering why he was wasting so much food, act like she couldn't understand his reasons. One of the bolder cats slinks her way, arches against her as it rubs its cheek on her shin. She stiffens at its touch, brow furrowing with a frown as she fixes her gaze on the stray. From this angle, it's hard to miss how slender it is, how its coat patches in places from various scuffles. It's a rough life fending for yourself, no one has to tell her that.
Carefully, she tries to nudge it back towards Cole. It occurs to her that she can do more than disapprove, and the strange thing is she wants to. It's been so long since that was even an option for her that there's really no resisting the choice.
"... I'll be right back." There's a shop back the way she'd come that she has in mind, some crazy pet store, and that's where she heads.
It doesn't take her very long, because she's gone with something in mind. If he keeps an eye out, he'll spot her hefting a pretty big bag of cat food back his way.