His answer was not really an answer. Well, she probably should have expected that, asking him the impossible. There was no way to know what way the dice would fall when you rolled them, no matter how much you might try to tilt the table, she knew that well enough.
"Well, thanks," relaxing a little Lana let out a sigh, listening as Loach went on. She flicked her tail as he shrugged, sharing a soft laugh at the mention of apples of all things, fermented perhaps? She took the sign that he was not offended to push a little further.
"It's just... sometimes bad things can seem really good at first, you know?" How many times had she pretended to be less trouble than she really was in the past?
If she was actually going to stay, then she was going to put her best into making this little group work. She may not have spoken the truth every time it was uncomfortable before, she may have never followed anyone's lead but her own for long. But this time she wanted things to be different, for them to be able to turn their fortunes good together.
"I don't know what got Llinnea's hackles up like that, but I doubt it was nothing," she pawed at the ground idly.
"I'd thought she'd talk to you more than me."
Had she assumed more of their relationship than she should have, was the girl another stray like herself that Loach had collected along the way? At least those two had known each other longer, right?