Two Rivers Isle two world collide!

he sits up -- laughing? 

no, that must be from shock! it must be! 

there's no possible way he could be laughing in such a situation. but when she hears him speak, his tone is very clearly not angry. and despite this fact, iseul can feel her heart pounding against her ribcage. she feels like a kid who's caught with their hand in the cookie jar, awaiting possible punishment! 

yet, he comes to breathe with her. and she watches him closely with peeled eyes, doing her best to follow with her own shallow and shaky lungs. after a few attempts, she does finally come down a bit. but her ears and tail still droop as she comes to look at the bloodied shoestring.

and afraid that her apologies might get her another chiding from Ulrich, she says the only thing that possibly comes to mind at that moment. "I no like them, danger." 'them' of course meant snakes, but she wasn't sure what to call them in English! instead, she looks to her leader and hopes that he might tell her what to actually call them. 

but at least she used her new word, 'danger' correctly?