Stone Circle No, sir, I don't mess around.

Seeing that he'd scared her just as much as she'd scared him, Day backed off, lying back down in the shallow he'd dug for himself. He hated to think how he must've seemed, menacing at a woman just because he'd been disturbed. He didn't want to be thought of that way.

 "No, don't be - I'm sorry," he said firmly. "I don't see well, and you startled me. I'm a dumbass, too. My first thought was 'tiny avalanche'. And I growled at it."

Day waited a beat, hoping she'd see the humor in the situation and open up a bit.