Now I see fire, inside the mountain

The unfamiliar titaness heeded no caution the boy gave, and he was quite frankly stunned when she did not immediately turn tail and run. Leshen made a very confused noise -- lost somewhere between admonishment and faintheartedness -- and he plastered himself to the clammy ground in a misguided attempt to avoid her.

Teeth incapably bared, he better realized his disadvantage the moment she loomed over him fully and he could see her for the she-hulk that she was. He looked into her unforgiving eyes and felt frozen into offended submission. He was too busy -- feeling indignant over the female's sheer audacity -- to call God's wrath upon her before she could capture him.

He wasn't tiny by any means, but he could still be lifted off the ground if she kept her freakishly tall chin high, and his body curled up involuntarily as she took a firm hold of his scruff. Leshen snarled at the mishandling -- no! -- but his body held itself together tight -- yes! -- and he warred internally as the hate he felt mixed with the unbidden relief of being tended to again.