Cricket Creek Bog but he talks like a gentleman

eyes narrow as his brain trips over the boy's sudden change of tone, grasping desperately for an answer as to why, or perhaps even what. he doesn't like it, evident by the leaning back of pale ears but he doesn't understand it either having lived such a sheltered life previously. no one had ever addressed him in such a disdainful manner and although the tone has him freezing up with the dreaded trails of confusion; the words to accompany it help him somewhat. dumb. frowning, his long tail twitches with distress as sage eyes widen at the giggle to slip forth from the predator before him. yet, there was a glee within those shards of ice that struck away his softer pastels but he's vaguely aware of how wrong it was...."twisted" he breathes, having stored the word away before upon realising that it had more than one meaning. he liked to do that, find words that had a clear physical definition, like the way ivy twisted around the unsuspecting trunk of a tree yet had another, confusing meaning to it...it seemed to fit here?

he leans back as the muddy boy prowls forward, breath hitching lightly as nimble paws drag stick beneath him despite eyes not once leaving his deranged company. he really wished atwood or sundance would appear just about now. brows furrow at the final statement, running his tongue over dry lips as he falls deep into thought. having pondered it for a few moments, slender shoulders lift into an effortless shrug; fear seeming to have faded like fog in the morning sun the moment his brain grew occupied. "well technically it could be considered either...yeah their noise is continuous and i suppose could grow annoying over time but it could be argued that their differing tones and symphonies could be referred to as song, much like the chirping of birds. there really is not right or wrong answer just...matter of..opinion?" a soft, tentative step guides him back to his initial standing point; it was driest there. he simply takes to observing the boy dubiously then, frankly confused as to why he'd needed him to explain something as simple as that.