She drops by - not every day, but every other day, not always in the evening, but at some point during the night. It all depends on how hungry she is and how well the night goes. She's been especially paranoid ever since he showed her the picture, and now with the owls...
Each time, she will come in quickly, fidgeting a bit, only slowly getting used to being inside a regular house again, not just like a thief in the night but invited, like someone coming over for fika. There's no coffee or cookies, obviously, but going by the feeling.
She turns down the books, explaining that she would have nowhere to put them. And for the first few night, she won't react to his offer of staying at all, unsure how she would properly react and unsure of his intentions, unsure if it would be safer or more dangerous than what she is doing now, and perhaps a bit lulled by the feeling of ...being human, that being in this house, strange as some of it is, has brought on.
Finally, she decides to confront him about it, and when he asks again, she replies:
Re: OTA
Each time, she will come in quickly, fidgeting a bit, only slowly getting used to being inside a regular house again, not just like a thief in the night but invited, like someone coming over for fika. There's no coffee or cookies, obviously, but going by the feeling.
She turns down the books, explaining that she would have nowhere to put them. And for the first few night, she won't react to his offer of staying at all, unsure how she would properly react and unsure of his intentions, unsure if it would be safer or more dangerous than what she is doing now, and perhaps a bit lulled by the feeling of ...being human, that being in this house, strange as some of it is, has brought on.
Finally, she decides to confront him about it, and when he asks again, she replies:
"Why are you offering?"