[Elle fidgets with her fingers indecisively. Suddenly, she's uncertain on whether or not she should ask. It feels... awkward. And she doesn't... She may not know if she wants to be the one to make this decision, but she doesn't want to give him cause to -- to... doubt whether or not he should be trusting her with this.]

Um... [She resists the urge to bite her lower lip.] I... I dunno. I'm sorry for interrupting, I was just... [Cain fluffs himself up. He's still hidden under the collar, but she can feel him shifting there on her shoulder.] There isn't anything in particular I... well. I guess I was hoping we could just... talk. [Cain crawls forward enough to poke his odd nose out from the shadows to get a better look at Joshua's dog dæmon. They haven't asked for her name yet. They haven't known whether or not it would be okay to.] Would you mind if I joined you?

[She's done a lot of talking today. To Follows-Chalk, to Daniel, to Waking Cloud, even already to Joshua. But it's what she knows. And even if she doesn't end up asking him that question, she'd still... like to get to know him a little better.]