"Oh-" Lunise's eyes bulged, looking absently over Julan's shoulder. Her forced smile had disappeared, replaced with a kind of shock that she had never expressed to the pack. She was paralysed for several heartbeats.

Janius, Fendros, and Sabine let out small, lighthearted chuckles at Julan's enthusiasm.

Lunise's silence-breaking words were slow and out of breath. "...That is nice of you to say, Kaj-Julan." She carefully lifted her splayed hands up and placed them up behind Julan's back. She blinked and pat her hands on him, but did not squeeze like he did her. Eventually, she brought her hands back to his sides to awkwardly encourage him away. "I should finish my dessert. Excuse me."