[ Being an Aion is a funny thing— normally, she might have continued to recoil in disgust at the notion. But the strange sense of fondness and mourning he seems to have for the little rodents... well, that makes her feel a little bad for him. Not that it still doesn't creep her out. ]

Oh, so you liked them since before. Jeez... that is so not what I was expecting when you said you were in hiding for that long. [ Though it's more a sense of awkwardness than disgust that's evident in her words. ] I thought you'd say you were invisible or a shape-shifter or something.... not hiding in the walls with rats.

[ poor guy... ]