Dimly, Pearl nods. Though there's a faint tension in her gut at the thought of being taken to a stranger's house -- leftover fear from her days as a human, no doubt -- she know this is the best chance she can hope to get. Away from prying eyes. Away from people who could hear her scream.

"Is that," she pauses, swallows, "okay?"

How explicit an invitation she needs, she doesn't know. But she can't afford to risk it.