"So no poking, Karla," Karla said, smiling a little bit. Yeah, she could pick up on the unspoken when she really wanted to. "Aww, I missed that trip. I ended up sleeping late again."

Not that she needed much prodding to do that anyway.

"Does that mean you're all cute animal'd out, too?" she teased. "Is that why you have no love for the baby turtles?"