<div style="text-align: justify;">Marissa noticed that Nanook was smiling and smiled back at him. It was a natural reaction for Marissa, with her usually friendly nature. She had no idea what Nanook was thinking, but she probably wouldn’t have minded him to point out the irony of her working at the noisiest possible place and loving silence. Though it was a possibility, of course, that she loved silence when off work exactly because she had all kinds of loud music blasting in her ear during her work hours. She would only hope that now, with the enhanced senses, the noise wouldn’t be unbearable.<br/><br/>That was definitely another thing Marissa would have to ask Nanook. Sometimes she wondered if he wouldn’t end up getting upset at her for asking too many questions, but she certainly hoped he would not. For now, though, she enjoyed watching Nanook nibbling on the bread and caressed his hair for a moment, as though he was indeed a puppy.<br/><br/>While Nanook spoke, Marissa listened to him, giving his words her full attention. When he finished speaking about not rushing into anything, Marissa nodded. “I understand, and agree. I would want to take things slow before taking on a commitment myself”, she admitted. “I happen to be a little bit too trusting of others, and that has caused me to get hurt in the past. I don’t want that to happen with you”.<br/><br/>Marissa had known that asking how Nanook had become a werewolf was a bit of an intimate question, if that word could be used. <br/><br/>When he seemed to be willing to tell her, Marissa gave Nanook her undivided attention. Nodding when he asked if she remembered him telling her he had grown up in Alaska, Marissa kept silent, only listening. She looked at him for a moment when Nanook asked her if she would believe how old he was. “You can’t be much older than me, can you?”, she asked, curiously. It was odd that he asked her that question, and for someone who didn’t know much about werewolves, it was very hard to imagine that they could live for longer than a regular human life.</div>