Ocean's Breath Plateau Blue

Something she said or did prompted a swift change in demeanor. Suddenly there was an unpleasant pinch to his face and he spat questions at her with a less than friendly edge. Wildfire didn't catch half the words due to his accent, though the words sneak and attack jumped out at her. She rose slowly back onto all fours, prepared to retreat (hopefully walking, although running wasn't out at this point), while shaking her head again.

"I'm just an Outrider having a look around," she assured him. "I'm not a spy, or a fighter for that matter. I wasn't even aware there was a pack close by, if I'm honest." Wildfire would have asked, Where is it? But this felt more like an interrogation now, less like a conversation, so she let the query hang in the air, implied.

She could have backed off and left, though Wildfire knew that unless she was infringing upon his territory somehow, she had as much right to be here as he did. She was no longer a Warrior by trade but she wasn't weak, nor a pushover. She resisted the impulse to depart, standing her ground in the hopes this situation could still be saved.