[bringing up one finger to scrrrrrrape at the edge of your jawline ... sure is digging in hard enough to ruin the skin just under your jaw with her fingernail]

Isn't that what you do, with pets? They're not like friends. You can at least rely on friends to amuse themselves when you lose interest in them for a time.

[you're probably hitting a barrier of healed flesh right about now! you can feel it pulsing under the finger, pushing gently against it, as the wound repairs itself.]