Chimera Fields Calm and Quiet

It was oddly quiet, she noticed, the songs of birds hushed. Perhaps her slip and the crunch of too loud leaves had scared away much of the noise, for now. The dark male did not approach, but stopped, and she knew she was the subject of her gaze by a fierce intuition that sent her spine prickling.

"Hello" she said, rather lamely, and made to effort to move. Perhaps he would simply move on, and she depart. She did not care much if he simply walked on, nor did she is he initiated something like a conversation. But she was tiny, scrawny, and did not make the first move in this state.