home inspection

From upon the ground he was terrifying, though when she moved to stand and knew that for the moment she was safe it was easier to be brave. She'd met him once before in the forest after all and he'd seemed like a genuinely decent man even if he had no consideration for the mental health of his livestock. He was speaking to her normally now, and while his words were far from how she'd expect a proper man to speak she figured she could forgive it given the situation.

"I just was checking on them." Aryn insisted softly, watching him dust off the leavings of the ground from his coat. "I didn't plan to just, steal a goat and run. I just wanted to make sure -" She stepped forward towards and past the King, aiming to swat a stray leaf from his hindquarters with a striped paw before backing politely back out of his personal bubble. "- I don't know, It's not my business how you run your ranch." And it wasn't, although she still couldn't help but feel worried about how they'd left their last meeting. Just seeing the goat in question one more time whole and unharmed would be reassuring, but with a whole herd of them it was hard to distinguish from afar.

Taking her up on her offer was not something she expected from him and her eyes grew wide with alarm. Right now?? Of course she'd never go back on her word, and so her jaws simply parted as she thought hard on what exactly she could offer. She glanced around at her empty paws then back to his face, apologetic. "I could go home and see what I can find." Aryn began cautiously. Would he accuse her of just wanting an excuse to leave and never come back? She had to assure him that she wasn't hiding from the deal. "My father's the alpha, I'm not broke or anything I just didn't bring anything with me." Another pause as she thought harder. "Or I can stay and do some chores for you if you want. Or, or something else."

Her ears fell flat, shamed by the lack of options she could give him. Tyrian had done way too good of a thing and he was right - she was lucky he was nice. Aryn wanted to give him something that showed how grateful she was, but as far as ideas went she kept coming up empty.