Clarice watched Wittner, ready to intervent in case his fingers got curious of this new woman. Perhaps not the best of first impressions, she knew he would beat himself up over it later. Between him and Henry were the most decent people in this gang, to her own knowledge. Sure, Wittner was mostly drunk and stoned off his ass, but at least he didn't treat her like some kind of crazed animal in a cage. And even though she wouldn't say it to his face, Henry was a swell guy, even a gentleman at time. She could guess at his intents with Miss Topaz, in his fantasies at least. But he would never take any advantages out here, in the real world. Clarice patted Wittner on the head and gave him a smile, which could have been seen as a nice gesture if it wasn't for her sharp almost animal-like canines.<br/><br/>"Bass, how boutcha go along with Henry and Ah'll bring ya'nother cup of tea in a moment, 'kay?"<br/><br/>She turned back to Topaz with an arced brow. The thing with Clarice, you see, is that where she grew up there wasn't much of all them socializing types. Either your swam by, said hi and swam by och sank your teeth in it. Sure she had learnt some things since she left, but unless you straight up insulted her to her face, all subtle hints of rudeness, sarcasm and irony flew right over her head. Some thought it just a sign of her being a dull knife, but the truth was that gators was just a brutally honest species. Either you talked to or you chummed what came in your path. In this case Topaz didn't seem to have much on her, not that she would ever think the thought of eating a human (except that one time... nevermind that).<br/><br/>"Oh, Ah ain't mean it like that. Vira's sweet'n all, just a bit different in the way she thinks. It's kinda like a serpentine road, ain't always sure where it's going, but it gets you there eventually."<br/><br/>She got a bit of a sour look next and crossed her arms in defiance.<br/><br/>"As for the whole flying-majig, you should'a talk to Axel. He's the asshat with a chip on his shoulder, the only other man you haven't seen yet..."<br/><br/>She gritted her teeth for a bit before an awkward smile took over.<br/><br/>"Hopefully he will be nicer to you though."