Carefully, she approached the boys.
They were so focused on the food stalls that they only noticed her once Mirabelle softly spoke to them.
"Are you hungry?"
Their first instinct was clearly to run away.
But the second they realized a female was speaking to them, their feet rooted themselves firmly in place.
One of them — the oldest, a young badger Beastboy — gathered all his courage and answered for the group.
They had clearly been raised to always behave politely around Beast females.
"We don't have any feral cores."
As though that explained everything.
Mirabelle nodded understandingly despite not actually understanding at all.
Still, the gentle smile never left her face.
"Could you do me a favor?" She pointed toward the table where Kaelith still sat surrounded by food. "We accidentally bought too much, and now we can't finish it alone."
A small rabbit boy flattened his ears hopefully while glancing toward the older badger pup.
His stomach growled quietly.
