Don't be so sure. Sunshine can make spartan muffins out of anything. "That's cranberry and oatmeal," she informs him, a little put out that he's not digging right in.
'Spike' is an interesting name. Sounds a bit more suited to a pet lizard than a person, but this is Sunshine on her best behavior, so she lets it pass without comment. His question is a bit trickier to answer, and she pulls a Killer Zebra out of the bag so she can nibble something while she thinks. By the time she's finished the cookie, she has a nice lie all lined up: oh, you see, I have a bit of peri blood from great-aunt Mildred on my mother's side of the family. But her traitorous nomad mouth says, "I can see in the dark, which apparently includes being able to read any non-human off-ness in the shadows on people's faces." Which, wow. Because she's a slow learner, she tries to backpedal... which just results in some helpful clarification. "The shadows on yours have a funny sort of edge to them that a human's wouldn't."
And that is more than enough of that. She hastily stuffs another cookie into her mouth before she can say anything else stupid. Here's hoping this guy isn't SOF.
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'Spike' is an interesting name. Sounds a bit more suited to a pet lizard than a person, but this is Sunshine on her best behavior, so she lets it pass without comment. His question is a bit trickier to answer, and she pulls a Killer Zebra out of the bag so she can nibble something while she thinks. By the time she's finished the cookie, she has a nice lie all lined up: oh, you see, I have a bit of peri blood from great-aunt Mildred on my mother's side of the family. But her traitorous nomad mouth says, "I can see in the dark, which apparently includes being able to read any non-human off-ness in the shadows on people's faces." Which, wow. Because she's a slow learner, she tries to backpedal... which just results in some helpful clarification. "The shadows on yours have a funny sort of edge to them that a human's wouldn't."
And that is more than enough of that. She hastily stuffs another cookie into her mouth before she can say anything else stupid. Here's hoping this guy isn't SOF.