Frogspawn Swamp Nerds trying to dance.

It appeared he'd taken Towhee by surprise, but she relaxed into a smile soon enough. He grinned back and was about to go invite her to hunt for frogs with him, willing super Creep wasn't actually lurking somewhere in the shadows, when he was interrupted by some shouting buffoon.

Penn frowned as he glanced in the direction Towhee was squinting. He didn't immediately recognize the guy--after all, he hadn't looked nearly this angry when he'd found Penn in the tree. But, the memory did eventually click, just as Towhee was greeting him with a yo. 

The color drained from Penn's face as he looked back at Towhee, not that she would've noticed because his face is covered in fur but still. He looked like he'd just seen a ghost, but he swallowed thickly and forced a big ol' grin across his muzzle. "Hey, you can fight, right? Yeah, you totally can. This'll be fine," he began to turn away from Towhee towards the angry guy, but looked swiftly back at her to tell her, very seriously, "Oh! And if it happens to come up--It wasn't my fault."

With that, Penn looked back at Zane and smiled as though seeing an old army buddy again. "Heyyyy, sup, man? How you been?" he said, his body tense in preparation to flee if the other wolf decided to give him the beating he may or may not have deserved.