Arrow Lake not because you can

Up on close the stranger seemed more intimidating than from afar, Elfie crouched, tucked his tail against his belly and looked away politely. He took few steps backwards, then turned so to be able to look at the other's profile, without meeting his eyes. The boy was painfully aware of, how weak, small and scrawny he looked like before this tall fellow, and if the things began to go South for whatever reason, he wished to have enough head-start to run away. 

"My name's Elfie, who are you?" he asked, stealing a glance at the other boy's face and then focusing at some point on the side of the other's face.