Daring

The woman hadn't meant to scare the boy near as much as she had. At his outburst of fear, the decent part of her she kept hidden felt bad. That part of her broke through her shell and shined through a bit. Who would have thought that the fear of a child could cause her cruelness to slide out of place.

Part of her wanted to laugh, another part wished to act as a mother. So she did nether. She stayed silent and unmoving for a moment as her ears lay back and then pricked forward once more. Her tail would flick back and forth as she thought on what to do next...simply release the child and have him fear her forever or attempt to fix it.

She would decide on neither and both all at once. "Child you do not have to quiver so." Her voice was soft, almost the tone she would have used with someone she cared for...but not quite. "If I'd wanted to harm you I would have done so already.

To prove to him what she spoke her hind end found the ground and her long fluffy tail wrapped around her and lay over the top of her left paw. When she was sure he'd seen that she was sitting and had no intentions of harming him she removed her right paw from his side and placed it on the ground next to her left. There her tail covered it as well and she waited.