Blackbeak Bluff Rogue

When she jumped, Diaval did as well. He did not match her raised hackles, though, and there was an instant relief when they fell. He would have been prepared for a hasty retreat but he never had the time to contemplate it. Suddenly her tail was wagging and her teeth grinning and Diaval felt a lopsided grin begin to adorn his own face, too. Oh. Oh! Cool!

His tail swayed with hers as she introduced herself and he felt a lightness settle into his bones. Here was someone else and they weren't annoyed with him...at least, not yet. That counted as a good day as far as his days had gone lately. "No, its okay - uh, sorry!" he apologized when he caught up to the situation, almost too pleased to pay attention to the happy company in front of him. He needed to get his head together. 

"Hi! I said that already, uh, I think but... My name is Diaval." he grinned in earnest now, his freckles wrinkling on his nose. "Noir? That's a nice name." Politeness. That was always a good way to start a conversation. "What are you doing - uh, here? Now?" Was that rude?