Dawn: Sadly no one aside from the Ottertons have reached out...and by that I mean...I reached out to the Ottertons and they were receptive, and I still have some sort of amicable relationship with them.
Vernon: Our pups play with theirs on occasion, but generally Mister and Miss Otterton don't really visit as often as say...someone like Judy er Wade and Giselle.
Dawn: There is still some...discomfort there, and unlike Judy and myself, there hasn't been an equally traumatic series of events to kind of..force us into the express lane in terms of dealing with our trauma. I'd say we've reached the acquaintance stage, and that's good progress.
Vernon: Ain't Miss Otterton the one who used to bring her own tea when y'all would have it...at least until we adopted pups?
Dawn: Yes, yes she did. She said it was because she had a preference, but later she admitted that her mate was vaguely afraid I might lace her tea with night howler if she didn't bring her own.
Vernon: Pssht...we was already through the Last Night Scandal and our tithe by then. What'd he think, it was some sorta long con? *Chuckles*
Dawn: I think so, only when we adopted did he start to relax a little. I guess that was enough to break down whatever elaborate scheme he could justify in his head...although I still don't blame them for it, especially Emmet...considering he was...well most affected. As for the others...well, when I initially made my rounds with Vernon acting as my moral support, we were mostly met with slammed doors...
Vernon: Rarely someone would open up and hear us out long enough to say "I don't fergvie you." or on an even rarer occasion, "I understand, but I want nothing to do with you, please go away."
Dawn: Shortly after completing my novel, I hoof-wrote a letter to each of my victims, to say what I needed to say for better or worse. It was something my therapist recommended both so I could get my full apologies out without a door being slammed in my face, as well as help give me some degree of peace in knowing that I did all I could to make amends. But so far I have yet to receive any replies. I can't say it doesn't bother me...but I certainly understand why. How many mammals would be comfortable even acknowledging the existence of the mammal most responsible for some of the worst mental trauma and anguish they've probably have experienced in their entire lives? Some probably just want to move on and forget it, and contact from me is digging at their old wounds, while others just can't forgive me for what I've done to them personally, and they have a right to that. It's upsetting, but...maybe one day I'll have an opportunity to apologize to some of them properly should they change their minds...
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