Stress Reliever
10-11-2013, 06:30 PM
When Maija had first established Tortuga as her prolonged temporary 'home', she had chosen to explore the rest of the land to establish the points where strangers could lurk. Paranoia was the key reason why she had made a mental image of where everything was. Her paranoia made her want to be aware of her surroundings instead of simply deciding that she was safe in her own neck of the woods. After all, if she had done that, then she wouldn't have known the best places to hunt or seek shelter from prying eyes. An argument for that logic was that Taurig had ended up finding her, but -- once again, she mentally argued -- she had exposed herself by going after the doe at the same time he was in the surrounding area. It was funny how things worked out. She felt his gaze on her as he described their surroundings as 'beautiful'. A tiny part of her wondered if he was talking about the chosen spot...or her. If Maija didn't have her defenses raised, she would have openly allowed a burning blush spread across her cheeks. However, she wasn't easily embarrassed or flattered, so she merely returned his gaze with a side glance before flicking her tail and lowering herself in front of her food. A witty remark bubbled up in her mind, but she pushed it back for fear of accidentally breaking her defenses. The act of wanting to keep everything from showing on the surface kicked in, making her think of when she would end up fighting with Rotterdam over the most petty things. Her ears flattened slightly, but she forced them to perk as her thick Romanian accent flowed from her lips when she said, "Even in the middle of winter, we can be surprised by what surrounds us." She lowered her head to her rabbit, teeth tearing at the flesh that was taking its sweet time falling apart from the lifeless bones. Maija slowly looked up and over at the mammoth of a man, not wanting to start in on her breakfast without him doing the same. speech here |