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It was a strange interaction, that was for sure, but strangely settling to the wolf who could seldom bring himself to string together a coherent sentence. She stepped closer to him and he instinctively lifted his head a bit, shedding his neutral posture for a more dominant stance, not so much out of a desire to dominate, but to show that he would, should she do anything untoward. Instead, she seemed interested in investigating him — and odd though it all was, he found it immeasurably preferable to really painful small talk. His tail gave a little flicker and he canted his head further toward her, his eyes on her, but he issued no warning.