Nocturne Summit an empty space has filled the void behind my face

He was startled back upon seeing her figure materialize. The boy moved fluidly back although there was a spider-like quality to his scrambling. She was a dark thing indeed; her eyes shined confidently from the vastness of her shadow, and her presence was an anomaly to him. But Tsukiko was curious of her - even as his heart raced - and so he slunk closer with some care, reaching with his long sandy snout in order to sniff her breath. His tail flicked at the end, but otherwise was stiff with nerves.