Ina couldn't help but smirk inwardly at hearing Arkain scold Gil. She almost felt the urge to stick out her tongue at Gil, but that would be incredibly childish. Besides she kind of liked him so she didn't want to anger him.<br/><br/>She smiled at Arkain, all of her nerves gone. Her body gave a little jolt when Arkain's tail nuzzled hers, causing her to blush. It felt nice. Her tail seemed to like it too and curled gently around Arkain's tail. That caused her to blush even more. "Independent...I see what you mean, seems my tail is rather independent herself too." She giggled when she saw Arkain's tail turn to him, having probably taken his last comment unkindly.<br/><br/>She felt grateful for his compliments and the moral boost "It's nice to meet you too and thanks for your kind words. It will take a lot of time and practice, but if anything, I'm a very determined person."<br/>When he started to explain about the initiation, she listened carefully. In the beginning it didn't sound so bad. Having a way to be save when a hungry predator eats you? Well, that can be very useful. Then came the part of how to gain it. After the words eat and digest, her mind was a complete blank for a couple of seconds. She was vaguely aware that Arkain was telling her not to panic and that it wasn't scary or painful,...<br/>When her mind finally seemed to function again, she saw Arkain looking at her, waiting for a reaction. She took a very, very deep breath. "That...I...wow..." She took another breath "That's...that's really a lot to process at the moment." She took a moment to think, she was a relative person, so she put the facts straight. Until now, she didn't have any reason not to trust Arkain. Besides her feeling told her that she could fully trust this person and her intuition was rarely wrong. Still she couldn't help but wonder whether there might be an ulterior motive... No, she wouldn't let her imagination stray too far. Facts were that she could trust him. It's as simple as that.<br/>She felt bad for having been silent for that long and smiled  "I know I can trust you. Regardless of the process being painless, I'm still going to be nervous for it though..."<br/>She looked at Gil "Have you been through it too?"