<div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/steusloffa/Junk/a3e78b33-5cae-43cf-bca0-7bdc0488116b_zpskyozpugo.jpg">[ img ]</a></div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/steusloffa/Junk/cooltext117506316786206_zpsnqy2zyuh.png">[ img ]</a></div><br/><br/>The silence between when he asked his last question and when she finally spoke seemed to take ages. Orca gazed at the woman as she rose to her feet, heading for the door. He wanted to reprimand her and tell the woman to remain seated, though the creature had a sneaking suspicion that he had maybe crossed an unseen line with his actions. Paislee, while admitantly looked better than she did when she came back, was now stripped of nearly all her clothing and exposed. Orca had a sinking feeling in his stomach when he realized how he had acted, though he had thought to be doing the right thing in the heat of the moment. "I'm fine. You didn't hurt anything," Paislee finally replied as the creature gave an audible sigh of relief. "Thank you, Orca...I'll just...go get dressed and make breakfast, alright?" she said, though she didn't give him a chance to reply.<br/><br/>As Paislee left the room, Orca slumped against a wall and hissed at himself. "Stupid! This one is so stupid!" His words muffled themselves against the wall, tail thumping against the floor in agitation. "Why did this one react without explaining first? Had this one simply explained how he felt, the human may have reacted differently." His words seemed to pierce himself, causing a feeling of guilt to rise up from his belly. The guilt seemed to wash over Orca's entire body, forcing him to turn around so that his back was against the wall, then slump down to his bottom. The creature curled up and wrapped his tail around him as best as he could, making himself as small as possible. "This one acted foolishly. He needs to apologize and resolve to never act in such a way again." Orca said after a few minuets, unraveling himself and leaving the bathroom.<br/><br/>Orca's footsteps were rather heavy as the creature made his way to the human's room, his tail dragging in shame on the floor as he walked. As he neared her room, the creature's keen ears picked up on the faint sound of sobbing. At first, his heart raced and told him to rush the door and break it down. Reason, however, told him that he was likely the reason for Paislee's sobbing and caused the creature to stop dead in his tracks as the door to her room locked. The creature's ears sagged as if it were a puppy being scolded, a soft involuntary cry passing his lips. With a saddened expression, Orca made his way towards Paislee's door and curled up beside it on the floor. Nearly seconds later, the door opened and the human's voice called out. All she said was, "What would you like to eat?"<br/><br/>The sound of her voice caused the creature to look up at the source out of reflex, though his gaze was considerably less vibrant than it usually was. Still, dazzling blue eyes glanced over the face of the woman, picking up on the faint redness of her eyes that Orca knew meant that she had been crying. The realization caused the creature to drop his gaze to the floor, another involuntary cry escaping past his pale lips. "This one acted stupid, rushing the human around and forcing his will on her without considering the consequences." He said before quickly adding, "This one also broke the strange device that was left on the human's smaller cushion... In case Paislee didn't see that yet, this one is sorry for that as well." After his apology, Orca tucked his his into his knees in an attempt to make his large body even smaller.