Private Finished New Friendship & A Cherry on Top

Levina returned back to her comfort zone and Cosette let her. Levina had already showed a lot of sides of herself that she probably didn't want to show and Cosette was more than happy with that. So, her expression didn't change as she nodded and absently took another muffin.
"Quite well, actually. This morning was pleasant, I took a small jog before work and collected a small bouquet of wild flowers for my apartment."
Cosette explained with a subdued cheery voice.

"Incidents? Ah, no, not any as bad as what you witnessed. As I explained, people are usually quite understanding about rejection."
Cosette said, her smile turning sheepish. She got hit on at least once every few days, to some extent. Usually it was whistles or catcalls, and those happened along the road Cosette took to and back from work. It passed by near the Strip. Cosette didn't like it, but it was an unfortunate truth someone who looked like her had to accept. People would never stop looking at her like, well, like she was just an object. Good people didn't, but he world didn't only have good people.

Levina's reaction to Cosette's jog made the swan maiden laugh, and she delicately covered her mouth as she laughed to herself for a bit.
"It's rather invigorating, actually. Wakes me up nicely and keeps me in shape. And I rarely run, I mainly jog and walk. Barely break a sweat."
Cosette further explained and took a bite from her muffin, careful not to spill any crumbs on her shirt. But she did miss the frosting that got stuck on her nose.

Oh dear, Cosette wanted to talk Levina out of this mentality that she needed to "punish" those that approached Cosette. But she also had a feeling that Levina was much too stubborn for her to do that.
"Example for whom? The ones after whoever you decided to...make an example of wouldn't know about it."
Cosette asked with a small, hesitant smile.

"That wasted energy allows me to eat this."
Cosette remarked sheepishly and chuckled, lifting the muffin that was still left in her hand. She gained weight relatively easily, and was naturally bit pudgy. Many people said she looked "soft".

Levina had a point, and was in the right by approaching the subject from someone else's point of view. Cosette immediately felt her stomach convulse slightly from anxiety and even anger, when she thought about some other person in the position she had been. Her expression turned concerned. But...
"I don't know. I'm not sure if I was in serious danger. I understand that you have to be firmer with some people, or even bit rough, but there shouldn't be need for violence..."
Cosette's voice gradually got quieter as she spoke, and she lowered her eyes on the cupcake in her hand.

Cosette knew that Levina had a point, but she also knew that Levina's methods could've been better. A point could go across without the need for violence. But Cosette didn't want to argue, it made her anxious, so she merely lowered her eyes and nodded.

"I suppose you're right..."
Cosette said uncertainly, and took a small bite out of her muffin. She had lost some of her appetite, hee stomach was tight with anxiety.

Cosette was surprised as well when Levina suddenly compromised in her statement, and she looked at Levina with widened eyes. Levina had seemed like such a headstrong person, and she was. It was clear in how it seemed to be hard for her to admit she was in the wrong even a bit, with all the maybes she slipped into the sentence. But she was trying, and she was doing it for Cosette, which made the swan maiden practically glow as she smiled at Levina.

"Maybe that is so. Perhaps in the future we will see."
Cosette answered, he tone gentle and appreciative as not to make Levina try and debate this topic more. Cosette tried to express that she was truly touched that Levina's had tried to see her point of view.
"Though I truly hope neither I nor you will have to be in such a situation in the future."
Cosette added, because she really didn't want the scene during which they had met to repeat itself. Cosette sadly knew that it very well might to some extent, at least in her part. Cosette would never be able to shed the curse she'd been shouldered with...