chocolate sauce for blood

He held his breath a second longer and watched with regret as the drowsy babe’s eyes fluttered open. He was again surprised; each eye was a different, bold color. Still somewhat boggled by her interesting appearance, he opened his mouth slightly, exhaling inaudibly and preparing to apologize. He hesitated a second though as the child looked him over, then muttered half a greeting. The syllables Nagendra had prepared in his mind came to rest in his open mouth, and did not emerge but instead dissolved away. The girl rose from the ground, looking still tired in a rather endearing way. She would then comment, offering a compliment that again surprised the brown wolf in its randomness. ”O-oh,” he finally managed to work free a sound, blinking and looking at her. ”Well, thank you,” he said, still sounding perplexed and wanting to tell her how hilarious of her to tell him that something about his appearance was pretty. He couldn’t figure out how to say it though, and mostly because it felt unusual to just skip right into trading beauty tips and compliments.

Somewhat shaking his thoughts and setting himself back on track, Nagendra tilted his head a tad, frowning faintly. ”I’m sorry I woke you up,” he said, ”are you lost?” He was unused to seeing such young children out all alone, and was certainly the kind-hearted type to try and help. Or perhaps her parents were around… Which could potentially mean trouble on his end if anyone arrived and mistook his presence as one of danger.