Arrow Lake Down by the lake

No worries!

Perhaps her initial assumption was wrong, but as the stranger approached something ever so slightly dulled the edge that he walked with. Not that a dulled knife is any less dangerous. His gait was still conducted by stiff limbs that held a potential of a compressed spring. 

Vale paid close attention to his head, his gaze. It was a look she knew well. Its something you gave to a new oddity that confounded you. Trying to twist and rotate the pieces of information in your mind so quickly that you twisted up your appearance. She blinked twice once she realized she was mirroring the very same gesture. Giving herself a brisk shake, she loosened her legs and dared to take a few pawsteps forward. A frown pulled at her lips as a furrow formed on her brow. As she began to open her mouth to try, again, to instigate a conversation, he turned away. 

Huh?

Vale stared dumbfounded at the back of his skull the second she saw. Was it normal to just walk away like that? Why waste the effort in approaching, then? Did he not want to share the water while she was here? There's plenty of it!

Emboldened by her befuddlement she darted forward to face him. Hey! If I did something wrong or whatever it's easier to know if you tell me!