And...cue the dancing bears.
04-03-2021, 07:27 PM
I couldn't stop myself from swallowing the pool of frothy saliva that started right under my tongue. It wasn't from nerves, at least... I didn't think it was. My best guess was that it was from that bird that was still above us. My stomach tightened at the thought and I swallowed again, taking that as an affirmative. The realization of missing any meals for the past day, maybe it had been a little more than that, was getting to me now that there was prey about. My eyes kept on his form while trying to keep the other shadow in my peripheral when I was able to. This guy was on edge... I felt that permeating from his form. I didn't blame him though - part of my own chore growing up was to patrol out of the same kind of necessity.
Ah,...est autem lapis rimas. (The stone shows its cracks.) Perhaps my answer lowered his guard, albeit, marginally. My eyes went from his tucks back to his body while I looked him over. The one other being that I saw earlier, and I still had no idea what it was, disappeared from my line of sight. That made me nervous, and I know that it would just continue to irritate the back of my mind like a gnat to a flame. What to do...
Should I though?
Do I know anything about... Man, you've got bigger problems than just little 'ol me."
"Sir. If I may."
I swallowed again, flicking my gaze down to my paws out of habit before bringing them back up as I heard my fathers voice to keep my eyes up. Slow. You can do this You're asking if I..."
I pushed my sack back under the dome behind me and stood up, casually looking around, giving an introspective expression as I did so."A mere hungry loner, a neutral party."
My voice, not as deep as his yet, expressed the casually jovial essence of a friend talking to another dear friend. My tongue rolled over my Latin accenting as I tried to enunciate my words. One paw in front of the other, keeping the same amount of distance between us as we were, began to nonchalantly walk around to his right flank while I spoke. " 'Fresh meat', yes? I mean, that's what they call newcomers?"
That wasn't a lie, I did just get to these lands a few moons ago. "Someone who has probably spoken to...meh, 5,6, maybe 9 wolves since i've been here. Someone who has had eyes on..."
I shrugged. "Things here and there within these parts for the last few days. Just last night there were these two other wolves that were - Aw, well. You're probably not interested in that."
I laughed lightly, flipping my tail casually behind me. Blood orange eyes cut over to him just long enough to take in how he was reacting to me before lowering back down to the ground. Ugh, silly habit. I brought them back up to his body. The sun had finally come over the mountains and it's early morning beams began to slowly light up the dip in the land where we were situated. No longer being in the shadows, I caught a glimpse of where the other figure had moved to and made a mental note of the resting position. Wait... what's that thing in the background. It was a little far...Is that another - It's a bear. Is it? It is. It's gotta be a bea- WHY. Does this guy have a bear? And HOW did he... I took in a slow inhale and let it seep out of my lightly agape maw. 3. 2. 1. Reddish harks flipped back for a moment while I continued my saunter around him, in part annoyed, in part out of sheer skepticism. This guy may be all show if he needed this amount of backup. If Sirius had stayed where he was when I first started my stroll, I would have come around from behind him by now and would have ended up on his right side, still keeping a few yards of distance between us. The guy didn't seem like he might have been one for, hm, intimacy.
"I'm not sure what information you're looking for that can be of any use. You'll have to specify."
I came back around and stopped at the sunken metal dome that held my head in it only moments ago, flicking the tip of my tail idly as I came to a close. "But let's say I did. How valuable is that kind of information worth to you?"
I tilted my head and pursed my lips together, taking a short look off to the side while I pondered it over. "You know. In order to protect your lands."
I reinforced. Which... was clearly... still not here. But that was a separate issue to follow up on if I came to care about asking.
"Just out of curiosity."
I blinked and shifted my stance. "Sir."
My tone remained formal, maybe a tad arrogant. But I figured it was no harn. I had no shame in it - He needs someone to talk, and I gotta eat. And if I wasn't thinking about that damn bird before, then I sure as hell had nothing else on my mind now. I wondered if he would trade a meal for info... That being beside the point, I had done nothing wrong, and so I didn't see a reason to be scared of his intimidating, and yes, anyone with a brain would count him as intimidating, stature. Surprised, absolutely. Who the hell wouldn't be with this big guy and his band rolling up on the scene in this fashion. However, lessons have taught me to never underestimate. I didn't plan on starting now, especially since I've seen how a few loose cogs can hide from the surface level of one's personality. And how if you happen to be the right kind of trigger, boom goes the dynamite."Speech"