September 04, 2015, 04:33 AM
(This post was last modified: September 12, 2015, 02:42 PM by Sien.)
The male snarled at her, showing his teeth as he guarded the body beneath. Sien flinched in surprise and began to bare her own fangs in response before catching herself. Tolerance, she reminded. ”The fuck did you come from?” he snapped, eyeing her with suspicion. Tolerance or not, her ears flicked themselves backwards for a moment upon hearing his words, betraying her annoyance, before she was able to compose herself and straighten them once more. Maybe he didn’t know I was coming, she pondered, trying to excuse the male.
And yet, she was doubtful. It wasn’t as if she’d made a point of being particularly quiet or stealthy, and her bulk was considerable enough to have made some noise in her approach, even if he’d been somewhat preoccupied with his meal. Maybe he was just an oblivious sort? But Sien had difficulty parsing how a wolf so lax in maintaining awareness of his surroundings was still alive. To her, failing to remain alert spelled death. Perhaps it was another one of those pack wolf things – always having someone else to watch your back might make you soft, she supposed.
Either way, it was irritating to be met with such antagonism when she’d deliberately approached with only good intentions in mind. His defensiveness over the felled prey was understandable, but she had followed etiquette in maintaining a satisfactory distance, had she not? Then again, these lands were still fairly new to her; there was a good chance rules were different here – or merely within his pack. Sien didn’t care enough about the distinction to pursue the matter.
”Was here first.” she replied instead, trying hard to prevent the residual acidity she felt over having her initial words overridden and ignored from tainting her speech. She inclined her head slightly in the direction of the rise behind them where she’d perched just moments before to indicate where, exactly, 'here' meant. Yes, there. Before he showed up and tried to run you over with pronghorns, you mean, her mind sniped. T o l e r a n c e, she reminded herself more forcefully. To make up for the mental transgression, Sien arranged her features into a faint smile. She was well aware it just about screamed ‘contrived politeness’, but she was doing her best, and that must count for something.
And yet, she was doubtful. It wasn’t as if she’d made a point of being particularly quiet or stealthy, and her bulk was considerable enough to have made some noise in her approach, even if he’d been somewhat preoccupied with his meal. Maybe he was just an oblivious sort? But Sien had difficulty parsing how a wolf so lax in maintaining awareness of his surroundings was still alive. To her, failing to remain alert spelled death. Perhaps it was another one of those pack wolf things – always having someone else to watch your back might make you soft, she supposed.
Either way, it was irritating to be met with such antagonism when she’d deliberately approached with only good intentions in mind. His defensiveness over the felled prey was understandable, but she had followed etiquette in maintaining a satisfactory distance, had she not? Then again, these lands were still fairly new to her; there was a good chance rules were different here – or merely within his pack. Sien didn’t care enough about the distinction to pursue the matter.
”Was here first.” she replied instead, trying hard to prevent the residual acidity she felt over having her initial words overridden and ignored from tainting her speech. She inclined her head slightly in the direction of the rise behind them where she’d perched just moments before to indicate where, exactly, 'here' meant. Yes, there. Before he showed up and tried to run you over with pronghorns, you mean, her mind sniped. T o l e r a n c e, she reminded herself more forcefully. To make up for the mental transgression, Sien arranged her features into a faint smile. She was well aware it just about screamed ‘contrived politeness’, but she was doing her best, and that must count for something.
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You can't be late until you show up. - by Iqniq - August 27, 2015, 12:54 PM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Sien - August 30, 2015, 07:58 PM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Iqniq - August 31, 2015, 10:06 AM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Sien - August 31, 2015, 07:10 PM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Iqniq - August 31, 2015, 11:14 PM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Sien - September 04, 2015, 04:33 AM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Iqniq - September 07, 2015, 12:42 PM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Sien - September 14, 2015, 08:38 PM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Iqniq - September 16, 2015, 12:55 PM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Ahren - October 05, 2015, 09:34 PM
RE: You can't be late until you show up. - by Iqniq - October 05, 2015, 09:55 PM