Pets make everything better

Burn was having a sad day. He went down to the beach to brood a bit, bringing with him his little huldah, Mellie, who was rarely apart from him anyway since he'd found her on his last excursion. 

He poured his heart out to Mellie, telling her all the sorrows of his confusing feelings about his recent crushes, and whether perhaps his heart was too fickle to ever truly deserve a partner. Like, a for real one. What if he wouldn't be a good partner? What if he kept falling in love with everyone forever? What if nobody ever loved him back, ever? 

Mellie, of course, didn't understand a single word, being a huldah. But she understood sadness, and she understood that Burn was her caretaker and was kind to her and that he didn't feel very good. So she did her very best Cute Huldah routine, climbing on Burn, and grooming the top of his head, and squeaking and rolling about in the sand, trying to coax him to play with her. 

In spite of himself, Burn felt better. She was being VERY cute, after all.