I wanted so badly to be brave

*Balsam* · 05-05-2019, 08:05 PM

It took every once of self control Balsam possessed to not gulp audibly when he laid eyes on the giant. With wide eyes he glanced up at Sota and was not surprised to see his friend looking down with a similar expression. They were bigger and stranger than he ever could have imagined. No wonder they lived on the ground; Balsam suspected the titan below them would have broken every branch on the tree if they tried to climb it.

He forced himself to think rationally and so sniffed at the air to get a better sense of what they were dealing with. The scent was feminine but the build of the giant was far more masculine than any female he'd ever seen. More masculine, in fact, than most of the lean, tree-climbing males he knew too. This information scared him, honestly. If this was a giantess, what did the males look like? How was he supposed to get a tail off of one of them when he couldn't ever reach it?

Balsam glanced up at Sota. His friend was watching. He was going to have to be brave. To Sota, he mouthed, "Spot me." He was going to challenge this giant and see what kind of reaction he got. How they reacted would lay the groundwork for how he handled giants in the future. Hopefully Sota had his back if the giant charged him.

Without ceremony he clamored over the branches and through the trees until he was ahead of the red giant. He then leaped down in front of them. On the ground the height difference between them was all the more pronounced. Balsam's intention had been to say something snappy and brave, but as he looked up (and up...and up) to see the giant's face, words failed him. All he managed to do was arch his back and step sideways like a startled cat while staring all wide-eyed at Melanthios.

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