Blackbeak Bluff but now you're in love, you know

Steele watched her and his eyes got a little larger as she stepped closer to him with her hackles raised. "I wasn't trying to be agressive Caiaphas. I just was studying you, getting to know you if you will." his tone was softer this time. He felt a slight bit bad for making Caiaphas raise her hackles and show her aggression. He pinned his ears back stood and put his tail between his legs, he showed his submissiveness. This was his sign of letting her know he was a good guy, not one that was going to harm her. 
He had hoped maybe they could get along this time around. He knew being tough around others could end him up in trouble but truth to be known he'd never known anything else in his life.