Mount Apikuni And faded through the brightening air

Saena's ears pulled forward aggressively when Jackrabbit opened his mouth, and her lips puckered into a dangerous snarl as her hackles rose. She'd conveyed nothing dangerous, he was right about that, but it didn't mean she wasn't a threatening being, a lesson she would teach him if he continued to speak down to her. Jackrabbit truly hadn't done anything wrong, but Saena was quick to go on the defensive, and she was also quick to see insult where there wasn't really any.

"Then you know what's wrong," she concluded, lowering her lips over her teeth and turning slightly so that her flank was to him. It was a gesture that was both dismissive and defensive. She feared nothing from Jack. Given the choice, Saena would welcome death readily and was fearless in the face of that, though she also had no reason to believe she could be beat by a juvenile. "Got anything better to do?" she wondered. Saena wanted to be left alone, but she also wanted a reason to engage others; it was a confounding emotion, and while Jack might momentarily sate the desire for company, she suspected that he didn't have the mettle to remain in the company of those given over to the wild for very long, like she was.