Sleeping Dragon Stormcloud

*rolls around* sorry if there’s any overlap with the other thread Emalee, we’ll keep this one as their first meet!
 
Cirrus noticed that Hush turned away from him to greet the stranger. She came closer at that, her dark fur drinking in the light until it blazed like a black hole. Still Hush didn’t speak, and Cirrus began to wonder whether this stemmed from a lack of a voice box, rather than unwillingness to talk to a prisoner. Then again, he had chuffed a few times so he must have some ability to speak.
 
The lady looked into the cave and her eyes took him in. Cirrus looked back, careful. Hush had put him at ease, but that didn’t stop him from tensing again at this newcomer. It was like living on the edge of a knife – he had no idea who to trust and what to say. If he teetered two far in one direction, he was liable to be impaled on the blade.
 
She greeted him, which was quite unusual. Ears plastered against his head, with his body already pressed low to the ground, Cirrus had no option but to respond to a member of his captor pack. “Hello.” His word was quiet, but still echoed loudly against the silence that otherwise reigned in his cave. Cirrus cringed at the sound, feeling it too brash and bold – he waited to see how Magpie would react. He was a mirror in his current state of mind, and he tended to reflect the demeanour others provided him. Hush was calm and quiet. It remained to be seen how this lady would continue, or whether she would exit after her chance to stare at the prisoner. Cirris gazed at her paws.