Nothing here is set in stone

*Xephyris* · 05-16-2016, 06:00 PM

When his voice echoed down the cavern, he heard the woman's peculiar bells ring out suddenly. Had he startled her? Within seconds, Jaelle appeared at the mouth of the den, approaching him with a smile. It certainly hadn't been difficult to beckon her out. She'd come so quickly, it was almost as though she'd already been on her way out. The smirk faded from his face as his eyes narrowed, watching her suspiciously. He took note of the way her scarf hung over the bells on her tail. Was she about to go sneaking around? Yet, almost irritatingly, he couldn't help his serious expression melting away. The smirk returned to his mug the second she spoke, addressing him as her silver knight. She planted herself directly in front of him, and he looked to her pretty, duo-toned eyes with amusement clear in his normally cold silver eyes. "Well now, there's no need to flatter me," he responded playfully, a hint of feigned chivalry in his deep tone, "I only did what any man would do for a damsel in distress."

As she shrugged rather casually in response to him asking her how she was doing, she began to describe her predicament. So, she was a nomad? How disappointing. She'd be aching to leave as soon as she was well enough. But at least he'd have this opportunity to get to know her. Curiously, he'd watch her as her expression changed to a sly smile. She'd pose a question to him, and for once he found himself a little flustered as she giggled. It was true, he shouldn't have left his den yet, but he didn't want to admit he was in the wrong when he was just about to get on her case for acting sneaky. His jaw gaped uselessly, and then clamped shut again. Before he could find anything sensible to say, she spoke again. "You're a bad boy, sneaking out like this." All he could do was smirk, a small snort of laughter escaping him.

Suddenly she looked around, and seemingly without hesitation she would get to her paws and wiggle past him, bumping his shoulder as she went by. "Hey, you can't..." he began to protest, but her words drowned him out quickly. Before he could wrap his head around what was happening, she took off from the den. "Wait!" he barked as he began to chase after her - it was obvious that she had the advantage of speed over him. Had he just lost the woman? Well, it wasn't like she was a prisoner or anything, but he still felt like he shouldn't have let her get away so easily. He'd have to bring her back, otherwise his pack might be in danger of infection. Someone would have his head for this. But... "Come on, our little healer friend is not here. I bet you can't catch me!" Her words rang in his head, drawing him in. What was it about her that seemed so interesting, just enough to push his worries to the back of his mind? The sound of Jaelle's jingling bells broke his train of thought as she went crashing to the ground.

He took the opportunity to put on speed and catch up to her, relieved that she had subdued herself and he needn't worry about tracking her down. She was grinning sheepishly at him as she got to her paws and turned to face him. Xephyris had once more taken on a stony expression, and as he came to a halt in front of her, his silver eyes glared over her. "Don't go running off like that, or I'm gonna get busted! If anyone sees you out here, I'm dragging you back to that den," he grumbled at her, his thick tail flicking from side to side as his tone lightened up a bit, "A pretty face isn't quite enough to get me to bend the rules. Besides all that... you're still recovering and you're bound to make yourself worse if you go dashing around so carelessly." He'd lift a brow, looking to the dirt on her coat from her clumsy fall. He knew he wasn't supposed to be out, and he was definitely bending the rules by being out here with Jaelle. But he wasn't going back to that den right now, and he wasn't going to make her go either, so long as they weren't spotted.

"But since we're already out here... might as well stretch our legs, right?" he'd say less seriously, "Let's take a walk, and you can tell me about all your bells and bobbles," Finally the smirk would return to his face again, softening his features. He didn't want to appear like too much of a pushover, but it was pretty obvious who was pulling all the strings here. Jaelle would certainly get her way, but he still had to convince himself that he was calling the shots.

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