Mount Apikuni nascent discoveries

The boy witnessed him, and yet there was no reaction. He did not quiver in fear nor did he grow despondent, and Betelgeuse was left feeling (and looking) vaguely confused. In all his time alive there were few that stood against him. This boy wasn't inherently an enemy but there was no way for the sullen man to know that yet — he saw a watchful eye more than a fearful one, and was left wondering. So instead of falling in to his usual routine of tossing slurs and baring his fangs, Betelgeuse... Got closer. He slunk across the ridge with the same swagger he had begun his journey with, and when he was closer to the boy, he reached out with his distorted snout and sniffed at him plainly. The sound of the air catching in his nose was akin to a snorting pig snuffling about for truffles in the dirt, and when Betelgeuse became aware of the noises, he tensed and watched the boy for a reaction.