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She didn't respond to his thanks, instead tilting back her angular head and summoning her son. Had he thumbs, Lucca would have awkwardly twiddled them as they awaited the boy's arrival in silence, none too eager to push his luck with the testy woman any further. Thankfully, he didn't take long. At once, the leader then stalked off to leave the two to...get along.

The son was nearly a carbon copy of his mother — mean, lean and dipped in ink. At his curt question, Lucca caught his cold, piercing gaze for only a split second before he just as quickly looked away, a nervous smile splitting his features. "Hello," he offered, voice breaking slightly before he shifted his weight and gave an amicable wave of his tail in greeting to the other boy. "I'm—I'm Lucca Blackthorn. Your mother, uh, said...said you might need a friend?"