Golden Girls [Santa, Helle]

Per the norm, Helle wandered through the City of Lights. It's a new daily exercise for her. It has only been a few days since her return, but those days have been hectic. Everyone was all too ecstatic to reinstate her as Sternritter Director. Some never even considered her gone despite her lack of physical presence. Is that loyalty or something... worse?

Either way, Helle had escaped from her piled work. To avoid what had happened before, she's created breaks for herself. In the morning, she will only do meetings, and then work on paperwork. In the afternoon, she will take time to simply walk. Fresh air does wonders for a person's mind. Why, you could say it even-

Huh?

Well, not to be nosey, but it's pretty impossible to not notice the way people have become less aware of their surroundings. A man had bumped into her, but that's something that hardly happens when she's walking. People usually avoid her because of her presence alone. For someone to simply bump into her, they'd have to had found something else worth looking at.

Another glance around and Helle's quick to notice that a lot of people have their gaze turned a specific direction, as if walking by an amusing picture that you must see before going about your day. Curious, Helle followed their gazes, moving as she did until walking into the vicinity of a fairly tall woman who also sported blonde hair. Helle is quick to notice that the woman is also an Arrancar.

Guess those two descriptors are enough for the common populace. Anyone would find their head swiveling, if for only a moment, to view the stranger idling in front of a pet shop. And, Oh! Helle caught that. The woman's eyes had looked into the display. Helle immediately stepped closer, but ignored the Arrancar as she too looked through the display and saw-

"Oh my gosh! Aren't you adorable?" She said through hushed breathes as her emerald eyes sparkled.

Falling to her knees to look through the glass at a puppy that had hopped onto its hind legs, Helle suddenly became the woman that people looked at as they walked by. The sudden desire for a pet filled her youthful mind. Maybe she should get one. Ooh... That'd be so awesome!

Oh! The strange Arrancar has approved her. That is fair, considering Helle had made the scene about herself with her intrusive squealing. She has a habit of pulling attention towards herself, but her awareness of such only makes her worse at not doing it. However, a queen at inserting herself in any fashion she pleased, Helle couldn't be bothered to show any animosity towards a stranger that had caused a ruckus with appearances alone, and opted to become just a bimboish as her new companion instead.

"An area for that? Sounds delightful!"

Hands together, Helle turned her head to the taller woman, looking up with a small tilt to her head. Noticing the woman's enthusiasm, she slowly rose, pondering. There lacks any, well, anything. Simply another pedestrian, Helle soon quelled any worries that may have been as the back of her head and smiled. To say the least, she wasted no time entering the pet store, giddy when the puppy she had entertained ran to the other side of its cage and began bobbing itself around for attention.

Helle being who she is, didn't hesitate to lift the puppy into her arms.

Hmm...

"Yes. They are," Helle responded, being all too aware of what just occurred. It is rare to find creatures lacking any spiritual awareness, but animals are not as suspectable to change as humans are, especially when kept free of spiritual influence. Evolution is slow, painful, and selective. However, Helle is a woman of unbound ability.

"Do you wish to hold this one?" She questioned, her emerald eyes suddenly bright as her lips thinned into a small smile.

Her fingers stroked the puppy's head as it laid in her arm, gloved fingers running down its spine as electric-like sparks danced from the interaction. The puppy's gaze turned lame, as if being entranced, but then it yelped jumping up as its eyes fell on Santa. As if a world had opened up to the creature, it could not contain itself as sensations never before felt tugged at its ability to comprehend.

Then, it found itself settling down, eyes still focused on the woman who had appeared from nothingness. Helle sighed as the puppy then looked up at her and became relaxed in her presence. That is when she held it towards the other blonde, looking at the woman with expectant enthusiasm.

"Gentle now. Babies scare easily."

The how is particular; easy in theory but difficult in practice. Helle is unsure if the Arrancar would understand that she simply used Reishi to turn the puppy into a Quincy per say, but that doesn't mean the dog has an aptitude for anything outside of seeing spiritual beings. Explaining it would also mean revealing how she could have easily lobotomized the dog if she had made any minute mistake.

Thinking of that possibility meant doubting her abilities though, and Helle's not the type of person to ever doubt herself. The few times she had were cataclysmic and not something she plans on making a habit of. Besides, she's pleased at seeing that she has helped her companion. Even if they are strangers, that is no reason to not show kindness when applicable, and kindness is always applicable.

"You should adopt him," Helle would then push, not knowing anything about the woman, but finding her affection for the puppy just as adorable as the actual puppy.

A wanderer? Well, it was a 50/50 chance of whether this woman lived in the City of Lights or not, but aren't dogs naturally wild animals anyway? Years of domesticating them haven't taken away their ability to live in the wild, but Helle can understand not wanting to have that responsibility without proper means of taking care of another. There is the issue of acquiring food, training, and taking care of any illness that may befall the puppy. Not to say the Arrancar's incapable, but Helle isn't going to assume what one is capable of.

"I do not have any pets," Helle would answer, finding her lips pursed in thought as she placed a hand under her chin.

It would be easy to then assume that the woman may ask if she would like to adopt the puppy, but Helle had not started her walk with the intent of acquiring a pet. However, she had to wonder if many go out expecting to adopt and how many do find themselves with a pet randomly.

"How about if I take him home? You can stop by and visit him whenever you're in the City of Lights."

Now, for Helle, adopting a puppy didn't sound bad at all, but inviting a stranger to visit whenever she wants would definitely come off abnormal. The way Helle sees it, even if this woman did prove an eventual threat, she could handle her, and she wouldn't want to leave this puppy all alone again after helping him make a new friend.

Her pursed lips thinned into a small smile again, one filled with a bit of assured confidence that she'd make a good pet owner and friend.