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Nita quirked a brow as Lauren helped her into her seat, a bit amused at such 'courtly' behavior. She took in the impressive spread, which did indeed smell very good.

"Oh, it does look very good," she agreed, picking up the chopsticks. It was a bit awkward with her claws, but otherwise her hands were mostly the same, and bamboo shoots were easy enough to handle anyway.

Lauren's mouth was full, but manners where not really anything she knew much of. She smiled at Moreau's comment not really finding any words to say. "You're too good to me doc." She finally replied. She reached over for the wine, it smelled very pugnant more then it should. Still she put the glass to her black lips and sipped.

It didn't taste very good. Lauren made a bit of a face, her taste buds weren't made for alcohol. But it was better then the street brew some of the kids had created. That stuff could kill. She reached for the water shortly after.

"I want to know that your treating her well of course. I realize you were brought here falsely and I know that there are some unpleasent aspects. But you must understand I do everything I can to make life here easy and even fun. No other commitments... how has your time here been." Moreau directing his questions to Nita. He knew where Lauren's loyalty lied. But perhaps Nita could be as useful... if she'd let herself be used.

Good grief, this was weird. On the one hand, here was Moreau acting like any protective father meeting his daughter's significant other for the first time (and he didn't seem to have any issues with Lauren having a girlfriend). And on the other hand... Moreau was a brilliant-and-probably-insane scientist holding over fifty people captive on an island and turnig them into animals.

"Sir, I would never intentionally hurt Lauren," Nita said honestly. "And..." She paused. What exactly do you say to such a brilliant-and-probably-insane scientist while eating dinner... whether or not his adopted daughter was your girlfriend? "My time has been pleasant, mostly. I have friends, and Lauren of course. I'm sure you heard about my, ah, medication issue, which was not so great." If he wouldn't beat around the bush, neither would she.

"Nita is a very awesome girlfriend!" Lauren exclaimed, "I can vouch for that. She really should get everything she wants." The mongoose had wanted to make her the happiest red panda on the island, even if she was the only red panda on the island.

Lauren was feeling like a very happy and very spoiled young woman right now. She felt like a princess, and even being as tough as she usally acted most girls still enjoyed that feeling. She finished off her meat, her tail wagging behind her chair.

"Well, I don't ask much in exchange. An acceptance of the situation, an understanding that I do attempt to make it better, and a certain level of loyalty... to me." Now Moreau got to the point. He realized that Nita wasn't like Lauren and likely to fly at someone who attacked his name.

But having people inside the Islanders never hurt...

Nita sat silently for a moment, thoughts racing. Of course Moreau would have planned something like this. But had Lauren known? No, Nita decided, her nervousness ahead of time convinced her that the girl had had no idea. Her tail flicked slightly under her dress... the ridiculously expensive dress given to her by Moreau himself.

"I do try my best to accept what's happened here; what's happened to me. And.. And I also do realize that we have it pretty good here," she finally said, her furred hands fidgeting with the hem of the tablecloth. As for loyalty, Nita didn't trust Moreau any farther than she could throw him. Nita glanced at Lauren, wondering how she and the doctor would take her carefully worded response.