<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/tcy1ck7.jpg)</div><strong>"Ah, you already heard then."</strong>Bunny said with a little bit of a sigh.  She peered up at him as he seemed to sift through some fairly complicated emotions in short order.  She blinked slightly as he pulled out an old round bottle and set it on the counter top, blinking in surprise.  Her bottom lip trembled slightly when he called it the last of her inheritance, and she settled both of her small gloved hands over his broad paw.<br/><br/><strong>"I didn't come looking for a hand out, I--"</strong>she dropped her eyes a bit, pursing her lips together, trying to find the words.<strong>"Sorry, that's not what I meant.  It's a fine gift."</strong>she took a deep breath, trying to steady herself.<br/><br/><strong>"It's just ..."</strong>dammit, everything was getting all mixed up, she forced herself to look back up at Slab,<strong>"Friends and family, like you said.  Dad, he'd want to make sure you're okay, but he's not around anymore ..."</strong>she said, squeezing hand.<br/><br/><strong>"So, if you ever need anything, or just want to talk, don't hesitate to drop me a line, okay?"</strong>she said, taking a moment to scrawl out her contact information onto the back of her reciept from the Turnkey and pushing it across to him.<br/><br/><strong>"I don't have much rank yet, but, I'll do everything that I can."</strong>she said with a wane smile.  Maybe she was reading too much into it, but something about the way the man sat behind his desk, heavy with the weight of years on his broad shoulders ... she couldn't help but think that he was lonely.  She got a good eight years of knowing her father that she may not have if Slab hadn't been there for him when he was struggling to earn his reputation, but he'd never said anything about Slab having a sweetheart or kids of his own.  The thought that this man, one of the few remaining connections she had to her father, might have no one of his own to look after him in his old age ... it squeezed her heart in her chest.<br/><br/>She couldn't just leave it be ...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Bunny Tries to keep Slab from just brushing her off</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2019-02-17 23:43:23, Bunny (uid: 52581) rolls: 1d10 Result: 7 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=130874)<br/>Off, even with Luv 5 that's two too high.</div></div>