He hit his head to the ground quickly,knocking the back and red from his eyes and shaking his head a bit,giving her a quick smile. "Yeah?" His voice was still edged with the faint echo of Shade's words.

" you don't seem to be okay. You wanna...talk? " She asked.

He felt Shade wrap dark tendrils around his heart,feeling the shadows grin and slithering desire. Desire to rat on Justice's situation and chase this girl away,not much more for her safety than to remove any potential "friends" from Justice's world. He gave a small shake of his head,it seeming almost desperate. "N-No,I'm good.B-But thanks."

" okay. Then...I'll talk. " She said.

Justice swallowed,hard,knowing he had no reason to tell her no and so he gave a nod. Shade's desire grew and he felt the dark joy of the shadow in his chest,spreading like a tsunami over a city.

" I don't remember much of anything before I was 7. My parents abandoned me, and left me for dead. So I decided to live on my own, in the forest. " She said.

Shade cursed in Justice's head at the different topic,but he also could feel Shade finding a new plan to claw his way to tormenting Justice the the revealing of the savagery trapped in this teal floof. He looked to Akira with gentle yellow eyes tho. "I'm sorry...I know what it's like to...Lose...parents." He seemed to used Lose specifically for this sentence.

" Don't be. It's not like they cared about me. I just...wish that they'd at least let me grow a bit more before throwing me out. "

He came over to her and gently hugged her,gently booping her playfully with the tip of his tail that now had some harsh black seeming to try to claw its way through his fur. Shade didn't like that he was hugging the girl and darn he wanted to do something about it but Justice was to strong in refusal at the moment.

She gave a faint smile up at him.