Seven days in the sun
06-15-2020, 08:32 AM
Acacia said nothing in response to his compliment. If it could even be called that. Hmph, he was a little insulted honestly, but then quickly dismissed the thought when he decided he didn't really care. Getting all worked up at the meek and mild wasn't something that Askan tended to do, sure it could be frustrating but it just didn't sit right with him. Like stepping on someone when they were already down. That's when he heard it, a throaty yowl that could only belong to a cougar.
Askan turned, his ears perked and eyes narrowed in a squint. He scented the wind and sure enough, it smelled as though it was close, lingering at the other side of the lake just out of view. Acacia moved then, shuffling behind him as if that would hide her from the cat's prying eyes. He snorted, amused, but said nothing. If that's what it took to make her feel a little more safe than Askan would allow it, he didn't like cats all that much either so if he could deny one of it's lunch then all the better.
"A few." He said, glancing over his shoulder to look at her. " This one's being pretty ballsy though, announcing itself like that." And that didn't sit well with him, like it took pleasure in getting her all worked up. Killing to survive was one thing but cats were sadistic bastards from what he'd seen. "It been giving you trouble?"
He saw it then, a tan smudge in the distance, slinking over rocks with it's gaze set on Acacia.