Dinah's mouth made a soundless O, followed by a lot of blinking. She gulped, then thought, because this seemed like one of those times to really think before speaking. Several things went through her mind at once: May and the Beltane festival and Francine's reaction after; the break-up with Merlin; the way Francine had looked after Katchoo in 'Dite's shop when she was sick after the trip to pretend-Briarwood, being BFF's and how Francine worried about Katchoo, and hey, she'd wondered if Katchoo's feeling weren't strictly platonic once or twice and... "Ohhhhhhh."

Hunh. The only surprise was how much sense that made, when she thought about it. "Oh," she repeated more softly. "This is. Um. New, hunh?"