Mount Apikuni don't go out tonight

Neither of them desire to break the silence.  His undercarriage grazes the ground as he stoops even lower, a sorry attempt to assure this wayward waif that he is no threat.  He is more than willing to share this space with her if only for the price of being able to keep his gaze fixed upon her, and it would be shameful to deny others the same.

I will not hurt you, woman, the blackened stranger rumbles gently, tail sweeping the ground behind him.