Amusement flashed in her eyes as the kitten spoke. Although she probably would have enterained the idea of letting Defiant stay just because she knew him, she was absolutely enamored by the gall of the young one. She demonstrated this by her wide grin at him, and the fact that she ruffled his head fur with her paw. "Of course, lil dude," she purred, "s'long as you call me Aunt Gossamer." She offered him a wink, before glancing back at his dad. "Life situation as in more than just needing a place to stay for a few nights, or?"

She smiled at the kitten again, he was just so cute and she just wanted to squish him, before her attention redirected. "It isn't anything to ask of me at all," she meowed with a tilt of her head. "It's nothing to help an old friend." Were they friends? Well, she thought he was her friend and if he didn't think the same way, well, that was his problem. "We can talk jobs when we get you all settled, but for now, we're more than happy to accomodate whatever you need." There was a strange amount of concern in the normally casual she-cats eyes. "Is it... just the three of you?" A little uncomfortable, she didn't want to ask it, but the question would provide necessary information on just what sorts of accommodations they would need.

"I won't hurt you, baby," she meowed in her kindest voice possible. She offered the little girl another smile, although there was a part of her that just wanted to ask more questions about what had happened to the other. Had it really been that long since she seen Defiant that she... missed his girlfriend's death? She blinked, her attention turning back to him. "Oh, no worries at all. You know how kids are these days," she meowed with a little bit of a laugh, although she, in fact, did not know how kids were. She'd never even been around them much before, even though she just wanted to give each one big squeezes. "Let's get you folks down into the tunnels at least. I have to warn you, its a lil bit gross and .dark and dirty down there, but it's modest living." She then moved to the nearest entrance to the tunnel, her head never losing its slight tilt.

As she moved towards the cave system, she looked at the tom kit, the one who seemed more interested in talking to her. "Do you two eat big cats food yet? Have you tried your first mouse?" She figured they probably had, they dind't look completely starving, but again, important information.

Gossamer frowned slightly at the she-kitten, looking a bit pained at the fact the kitten thought that she would hurt her. "You're too cute to hurt, baby," she meowed sadly, before turning to the other kitten. He seemed so proud of the fact that he had eaten a rabbit that even though his dad didn't seem to be so convinced at how he acquired it, she couldn't help but smile. "Wow!" she meowed with a big smile. "You're going to shape to be just the lil scout if you already know how to get a rabbit!" She then turned to the tunnel entrance, motioning that they would go in. "It's a lil dark down ehre, I can't quite help that. If you're afraid fo the dark, well, we will get to Post Echo soon."