She felt her body be lifted and didn't resist it, in fact she leaned into him more when he lifted her.   An arm curled around his neck as she tucked herself against his body eagerly to absorb the affection.   She didn't quite know what he said other than her own name, though that didn't much matter.   She knew he would care for her as he had already but he couldn't replaced her parents no matter how hard he tried.    It took her a good few minutes to finally get her thoughts back in order, since the tears wouldn't really fix anything or help anything.<br/><br/>Once he settled her back on to her seat she wiped her face off and gave him a faint nod at her food.   The cereal was mushy but she didn't care at that point, she tucked herself into eating it because she didn't want to not eat.   In fact she ate everything that he had put out for her.   When she was done she drank the milk and climbed off the chair and set the bowl in the dishwasher.   Since her hair was brushed she slid the ears on and moved over to the living room to sit and wait, the tail across her lap as she gazed at the bank of windows.