Sink or Swim

It was like something had changed. The neon colored wolf suddenly went from not hostile at all to oozing hostility as much as he was oozing at all, and Eru sprang backwards, fur along his neck and hindquarters lifting. What the hell? What had changed? Why was the wolf suddenly staring at him like this? A chill ran down his spine, and he shuddered. As he did so, though, a figure seemed to materialize, blocking out the view of the wolf. Seemingly, the creature was communicating with the other as well; both at the same time. This made... no sense. He didn't understand. The weight of the gaze made it hard for him to look away, but he averted his gaze regardless, shivering again. He seemed immobile. It was like he couldn't walk away, or run away, until he engaged with this creature. Until he looked at the items. So he did, and his gaze was drawn to an item in particular. Yet, he didn't have any currency. What was currency?

As quick as the thought came, he felt something roll by his paw. His gaze snapped down, and a crystal sat large and gleaming in the blue light. Was this... the currency? Well, in that case, the only item he could get would be using tis, and it was what he was eyeing anyway. He stepped away from the crystal, nodding towards it to indicate the... thing could have it. "I'll take those," he cautiously said, pointing his nose at the... shoes. That would work, but he was NOT touching that crystal if he could help it.

"Speech" "You"