inner peace

Eli's response was unexpected and for a brief moment through the fear when his paw came down upon her shoulders, that lingering embarrassment seeped through. Aryn's ears pulled flat against her skull, her tail tucking tight beneath her legs as she felt his paw's pressure strengthen and she was sure, for that moment, that Eli was ready to give her a push out into the woods as bait.

As her body slumped beneath his gentle paw onto the foggy forest floor and to her surprise his much larger frame stepped over her. She placed her head low, peering out with wide eyes between his legs out into the trees and giving a full body shudder as his growl echoed around her. "If it talks, it could be friendly?" She murmured hopefully. There was a flash of.. something through the mist, and Aryn had to force herself not to shuffle backwards away from his protection in response.