Elisa smiled thoughtfully to her. ”It doesn’t.” She told her simply.

Dominique looked into Elisa’s eyes and tried to fathom what she saw there and couldn’t. She found she very much liked what she saw though. ”For a human, you’re very unusual, Elisa Maza…” She told her, laying back on the bed on her back. ”It’s… refreshing.” She admitted tiredly. ”Also more than a little confusing, honestly.”

”Well, thanks… I think.” Elisa yawned and heard Cagney meow from the other room. ”I um, I need to go feed my cat. Do you, um, do you think you’ll need any help, um, getting ready for bed?” She offered a little reluctantly. Not that the idea didn’t have a certain appeal, it just… didn’t seem appropriate somehow. Like she felt she somehow had to offer the disclaimer ’just to be sure – you know I’m gay, right?’, as much as it bugged her that she felt she had to think about things like that. It wasn’t like she’d even gone out on a date in… she didn’t know how long.

”I can manage…” Dominique told her, groaning and sitting back up. She thought of offering Elisa her coat back, but didn’t say anything… feeling a little embarrassed for having needed it in the first place, really.

”Okay then…” Elisa got up and made to leave.

”Detective Maza…” Dominique spoke as Elisa was at the door.

”Yeah?” Elisa turned back to her and their eyes met.

”I… thank you. For… just… thank you.” She said, feeling… Trust did not come easily to her, and the feeling lay uneasily in her even more so having expressed it out loud. It struck her then just how vulnerable she really had left herself where Elisa Maza was concerned tonight – and a big part of her couldn’t help but feeling she’d made a mistake somehow, one that she would soon come to regret.

”You’re welcome.” Elisa smiled to her easily and then left to feed her cat, closing the door behind her.

Dominique looked at the door a moment, and then got up to check it. It was unlocked. She knew it would be, she’d checked that it was the kind that only locked from the inside before entering, but she just felt… she had to know for sure.