Noctisardor Bypass Do you like it when I'm away?

Footsteps that fell upon his ginger ears and his song quell into silence as he lowered his crown to see who had answered the call. For the fear and uncertainty that filled his psyche for the entire journey, the arrival of another filled his chest with something a little more wholesome: hope. Mateo had been so worried of everything that would go wrong with this that anything good didn't cross his mind yet -- what if this was the start of something good to replace all his dispare up until now?

Yet the stranger would ascend upon him, large and daunting with a look in his ultraviolets that didn't reach the physician until now, and all that enthusiasm was quick to revert back into fear.

The pricked hackles and show of teeth made his gradient tassle slow from its waving motion and retreat between his legs instead. His dark gaze widened in horror and quickly pointed towards the floor in an effort to avoid eye contact -- so did his body.

No words were spoken to him, only earcutting silence that made the anxious man fret worse than before. So through trembling dark lips come softe spoken words he'd hope would reach the gargoyle before him. "Y-you are from the village here, y-yes?" Mateo asked first, then licked his jowls nervously before continuing. "I am Mateo, a doctor from the c-oasts."