Shadewood First Steps

He isn't down for long. The shock and awe pass swiftly through him and he's on his feet, shaking the rest of the nervous energy out of his haunches and tail with a flourish; the fur of his nape sways a bit as he lets the feeling ride up his spine to the base of his skull, and afterwards he feels much better. He looks a lot more manic though, what with the fur spiking in every direction. The girl has removed herself entirely from the burrow by now and is looking at him as if he has any answers, and her question catches him off-guard.

Well yeah, I bit hard 'cuz that's what you do when you go huntin'. Nobody could afford to half-ass things these days, especially with the famine as bad as it was. If she had been a fox for real then he'd be chowing down on her by now; a fact that his belly rebelled against, gurgling and bubbling inside of him as he thought of how grisly that scene might've been, had it played out. He'd have been fed though, and Yutani could only survive on imaginary meat for so long.

Still, he needed to make amends and he knew that. Look, I didn't mean to scare you. You're very, cue a smirk Foxy, heh. Really, she should've been taking it as a compliment. He thought he was doing a good job of diffusing the situation, as per usual.