Bearclaw Valley -- i've dreamt this moment, so overdue

Alexander was silent, observant, and rather interested to see how the situation would be handled. She had been quick to attack strangers before, when they were under attack, but this was different. The male was presumably friendly, an attempt to draw blood having yet to be made. If not for the look he was given, he likely would have kept back from intruding on the encounter for a little while longer. Just moments after he’d read her, seeing the question and confusion in her gaze, Xan rounded the boulder he was lingering behind, revealing himself to the stranger with his tail arched over his back and ears pressed forward. And whilst he was quick to understand his words, the albino knew that his friend would never catch on or be able to respond back—which meant he would have to.

“She doesn’t understand you,” he stated, briefly glancing towards Reigi. “What do you want?” He kept a few steps worth of distance between them—it was enough to keep the northerner from standing atop him, but close enough that he could lunge forward, should he try anything.