She hesitates for a moment and Les is the only person who can do that to her, she realizes, the only person in years she's hesitated around and it's just one more thing on the long list of things about this man that don't make sense to her. So she hesitates, but then she slides off the rock and into the water, her tail flicking just once to push her away from the rock. She'll say it's simply to move away from anything that might hurt her, but she's putting a little distance between her and Les as well. No one has ever touched her like this and while she's more than free with her affection when it comes to Les, this is different.

Everything about this makes her wary.

"It doesn't scare you." It's both a statement and a question. Corrine had told her it wouldn't, that Les wasn't going to run from her just because she had a tail sometimes, but April hadn't really believed it. This is different, it's more than just a tail. She's been called a monster and she's spent years trying to live up to the name.