Fareeha cracked a grin at Mai, at her comments. To think, given her background, she probably wished she grew up as a princess, and not as someone considerably messier. Fareeha liked to be fair, and didn't think poorly of those of another, lower class, but she'd never want to be one. She didn't know Mai's thoughts, but figured it to be the same. 

And yet, she also had green things. It'd be amazing to grow up in a place where things actually grew, beyond shrubbery or the like in the ever burning desert.

She turned a gentler smile on Liviana, though, in response to her concern.

"Being a snake, yes, my little sun does eat birds. I keep him well fed, however, so he won't try to eat your little birdies. Only when my habyeeb is very hungry would he try to go after your birdies. Which is, maybe, once every couple weeks, if I haven't fed him. Your birdies are safe. Now, if I brought my [i]real[/i] favorite, a king cobra, then he'd probably eat everything he could get. But he's not here, so don't worry."

She gave the girl a reassuring smile and turned back to Mai.

"You've never had a pet, so you might as well start off looking at some exotic types. Would you like to meet my second habyeeb later, Farih Mushmus? Or Farih, for short. In this language, it translates to Sunny Joy. Quite the happy hyena."