[IC Joining] For One Moment of Time

He had grown dreadfully tired of unknown faces at his border. The beast almost wished for the monk, equally as dreadful, to tend to homeless and hungry beasts so that Raheerah would have to shed no kindness in their presence. Kindness was a fragile thing. A commodity to be used sparingly, and only in the company of those he actually liked. Xi'nuata, for one. And Lham. Actually, those two were probably the only living creatures Raheerah held a fondness for. It was with strained tolerance that he approached the stranger, having smelled him far before he saw him. He was doing nothing but moving back and forth along some set and limited path, but he had not crossed into their territory, nor did he carry the stench of the Creek. Both of those factors worked in his favor.

Raheerah uttered an airy grunt, announcing his arrival. His pace had been quick and purposeful, and he halted still within the Vale's borders. The beast's tail elevated high above his flanks and swayed there, like a flag caught in the wind, and his ranking spelled out in the stiff posture adopted by the male's titanic form. "Whhooo are yoouuu." The words fell plainly from his lips with characteristic rumbling, and his single eye bored into the stranger, impatient.