Bluster & Blunder; Autumn's Arrival

One would think a reaction out of the ordinary would be a relief to him. Finally someone who didn't bristle or run, finally someone who could actually stand to look at him, right? Ah, but Lerato was a man full of surprises whether or not they were good ones and today his contribution to the world was to be quite put off by her. It wasn't so much the fearless snark and obvious jab she took at him as... Well, he didn't know what. Maybe just the fact that she seemed quite keen on engaging in some kind of back and forth when he so clearly - at least he thought it obvious - did not want to speak a word aloud. He'd have curled a lip if he possessed one to curl, so the only sign of his attempt at the expression was a wrinkling at the upper portions of his muzzle and the slight defiant tilt of his chin. That was all he had to offer for now though, as he still had never really assessed how well he could talk now and wasn't about to try stumbling through his attempts in front of a total stranger.

Opting to turn his attention to the lemur, face softening slightly. With a quirk of a brow and a nod at the lemur's loud-mouthed friend he seemed to ask, 'Is this girl for real?' in that wordless way of his.