"Um, this cranberry and walnut salad looks good... I'll have that.  With... do you make smoothies here?  I'd love a Piñita Colada smoothie."  She chirruped genially, smiling at the very pretty cat-lady, admiring the rosettes near her eyes.<br/><br/>Tamia knew better than to show fear before a predator, raising such powerful instincts as hunting usually led to unpleasantness.  Dealing with Donny and his cohorts had given her a good basis for judgement on when a natural hunter might be ready to seriously do damage, not that her graceful ducking and weaving hadn't been needed several times in any case.  This pretty cat-lady was certainly a predator, but so lovely and inviting... Tamia wondered blithely if she liked the company of girls.