Elleru continues to run her fingers through one of her pigtails, still clearly a little embarrassed, but definitely taking mental notes. Uprights socialize in a very different way, especially if they are only acquaintances; something about being older and not related makes it even less acceptable. That does make sense, as uprights don't often use scents and pelt texture to identify one another. How can they tell who is what, then? How are their roles in society determined?

If only they'd covered such things in her research. She continues parsing out what Ami says. A guy? Males. "Are males unallowed to preen females? Or is it your age?" She is younger after all, right?