A thoughtful frown crossed Ellie's face as she nods, "I... understand that.... the moving around I mean... My mom could never hold down a job when I was little... we were constantly moving... And then when she kicked me out I never stopped... except for a short time here and there... there was one time I was picked up as a stray cat... that only lasted a week though... their little kid almost tore my tail off..." she mumbles the last bit, a hand reaching back to gently touch the bottom of her back, "I hissed at him and was back out on the street in an instant...." she continues, grumbling before looking out the window, head cocking to the side a bit as she approaches the tunnel... It was amazing how people managed to keep tunnels from filling back in... She had numerous burrows in the past... spent a few nights as a mole hiding out in abandoned tunnels... But the way humans managed to make such large versions keep from caving in fascinated her... she was always nervous of the rabbit barrows caving in on her and trapping her... Until she learned to effectively dig for herself... Her favorites were the meerkats though... Although they were iffy about the newcomer... It was very interesting to watch...

It takes her a moment to gather her thoughts, realizing that the driver was talking... Something about magic mumbo jumbo... she wasn't really sure, she had missed most of it and just brushed it off as she leaned against the window and stared at the quickly approaching tunnel in silence... A little nagging desire in the back of her mind making her want to poke her head out of the window and feel the wind i her face but she easily represses it.

As the bus enters the tunnel and the light show begins she visibly jumps in her seat, obviously not expecting the lights but once the initial surprise fades her eyes widen in fascination as she stares, entranced out the window... For a whole half a minute before she's snapped out of it by her personal bubble being intruded on by the girl beside her... Her whole body tenses as she presses back into the seat, her heartbeat instantly skyrocketing as she stares straight again at the seat in front of her, doing her best to just ignore her exploding bubble... But before long her eyes begin to wander... Starting at the skirt that just barely covered the girl's rump... And moving up her curves.... She took note of damn near every detail of this girl's nearly immaculate appearance... even taking a moment to envy the purple flower pin in her hair... Of course the description of this sounds like it were a smooth little display like the TV shows do when the main character feels love at first sight... This was more like a frantic -OH DEAR GOD SHE'S SO CLOSE TO ME WHAT DO I DO?? WHERE DO I LOOK?? SHOULD I MOVE? SHOULD I STAY STILL?? AAAAH SOMEBODY SAVE ME!!!! oh wow... she's really pretty... BUT OH GOD SHE'S IN MY SPACE WHAT DO I DO??- So... about as far from smooth and calm as possible.