[ and detente is the main motivation. she may not quite trust kitty enough to consider her a potential comrade, but that kind of hostility takes so much energy, and if she needs to bleed out some of her negativity. her life has had far too much, and most of it comes from herself.

it may only be a small step, but it is in fact a step. ]

That would be something to be careful about. Before you knew it, you might have someone else following in your footsteps, talking about how a new revolution is needed.