Amber immediately reached toward the plate, then hesitated and bit her lip.

"You should pick first," she said, managing to keep most of the reluctance out of her voice. "It was your breakfast to start with anyway."

Steph leaned over to kiss Vi's cheek in thanks, ruffled Amber's hair and got a brief token noise of protest for her trouble, and plucked something extremely chocolatey off the plate for herself.

Across the island, Saffron was mentally offering Cerise her paw for a shake of solidarity.