like a no-tell motel painting

His words made her laugh, elongated tail swinging behind her in glee. "Oh no, I have never had to fish, dear stranger." she said with another chuckle, daring to take one step towards him. She was growing more and more bold, but was still on alert for an attack. Maybe that's what she wanted, to test this guys bite. His bark was something else, but not everyone could back that up. But he just kept talking, and the pale woman found a lot of humor in his words. "A stalker? Now, that's hardly a compliment." Mercy said with a tsk of her tongue. "I am merely... crafty. One has to be always on high alert, or you end up with some nasty scars." She said, her head tossing back over her shoulder, gesturing to the large V shaped scar that adorned her shoulders and part of her back. She had let down her guard once against a fight with a tiger, and he had left her with some pretty nasty wounds. Now, if only she could get herself some claws like that, it would make fighting so much more deadly.

Still the male did not smile, that rather grumpy look set hard on his face. Well now, that wasn't a very becoming look. Trying to match his features with a deep seeded frown, she let out a haruf as her shoulders sagged. "Don't you get tired of being grumpy all the time?" she asked, her smile returning to her face. It would certainly start to hurt after all of that! But, all of the sudden his face became less line covered and more... soft. If that was even the right word to describe it. Her ears perked, hopeful that she would find out something about him, but as soon as his later words came she frowned, although her ears pulled back slightly. "Well now! It would seem that you do have some humor mixed in with that grumpy old man act you have going on." She said, the tip of her salmon tongue poking out in a mocking gesture. She had to admit that his grin kind of gave her the creeps, but it was better than that ugly frown, right? Pretending to study his mouth, she brought up a paw to her mouth and showed her teeth, tapping against the middle ones. "You have something stuck there, you know." She teased, seeing if he would fall for it.

"Speech"
'thoughts'