[ Once she has a couple of books set out in the grass, she places her fingers on a stem, preparing to pick it. The growth is abundant enough in these parts that she can pick as much as she can, but she only really needs a few. A pause, a surprised gaze lifting when she hears Shadow speak. Surprisingly she's not the one to first interrupt the silence. Even more surprising when he mentions the other one, which had been a subject that she's been trying to avoid. ]

...I'm the one that gave him a hard time 'cause I didn't want to leave him alone. I wanted to get to know him better. [ She wanted to become friends. While she speaks, she resumes her work, plucking a single flower. They may have both given each other a hard time that day. ]

He's mean and scary. We helped each other get points, back in the other place. He'd call it... trans- trans-ac-tion-al. [ Transactional. A nod, smiling a little. Yes, that's the word the other Shadow taught her. ] But I think he can be kind... in his own way.