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Her visual assessment of him seems to put him on guard. 
Good. 
Under different cirmcumstances she may have offered her name, but, these were not those circumstances. 
As he comments on her powerful appearance, she grunts softly before responding "Surely, indeed." 
Nyra wasn't one to boast, so she made no further comment to his inquiry. 
"You look malnourished. Trouble finding food and water?" She asked in turn, pulling herself forward and beginning to loosely circle him. Though she wasn't necessarily toying with him, she wanted to see if heightening his guard might reveal anything about hismself, like maybe a fighting spirit, or if he would crack under pressure and tell where he came from. 
"You're not from here yourself, are you? So..where do you hail from around here?"
Perhaps it was a needless question, but as she noted before, the rain made it hard to sniff out any scents that might still cling to his fur.