Unconscious to herself, Maleena rumbled like a motorboat. She had already forgotten about gold-threats and silk-fabric at the sheer mass and sight of all the bright colors and different fabrics - some pleasant to the eye, some disturbing, some intriguing and unusual. Her ears were a-perk now, taking in all of Akira's words and partially adapting to the human need to use so many of those. This was dangerously promising and she was absolutely willing to take the risk...<br/><br/>Skuld sudden presence between her and Akira had neither surprised nor disturbed her. She merely shifted a bit to give her calico companion some room and allowed her tail to caress the calico's back ever-so-slightly. She skipped through the pages, stopping longer on some than she did on others, but she did listen this time.<br/><br/>Eventually, she tore her gaze away from fresh yellows and warming maroons and fluttered her eyelashes over to gaze past Skuld and to Akira. "With two sets, we could have a warming winter-set and a refreshing summer-set, don't you think, Akira?" she purred, looking him into the dark eyes with her warmest of looks, half-lidding her lids and lashes to go with her pleasant (and now very conscious) purring. She was a cat, after all, and charming humans for reward was a cat's business. "I<em>love</em>soft velvet... and warm fleece..." she emphasized the second word with an especially pleasant rumble.<br/><br/>The rest did not need vocalization - there was no question whether or not Skuld and she would share a bedroom, and it would've been too human for her taste to say so in words. Instead, she gave Skuld's cheek a vibrating nudge and a soft kiss on top of that. She'd leave the stage to her now, knowing the promise of a special feather was probably getting her excited - and that was good.