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More quickly than he'd anticipated, he'd learned exactly what Iseul had meant by Colt and his friends. A scraggly little rat-man had approached, damn near hurtling himself right into the conversation. So this was Colt! 
And ain't you an ugly duckling, was what he wanted to say once the shrewd comment hit his ears, but Boone was not one to spout such blasphemy upon a first meeting. He prioritized his good first impressions. 
Whirling around to face him, he steps up onto the bank of the river with a quick shimmy. Boone, had he a hat, he would have tipped it. this here little lady your, uh, friend? I'm guessin'? He gestures to the wrinkled woman with a hefty swing of his paw. He almost wanted to add that he hadn't touched her, if that was Colt's concern; but he wouldn't bring that trouble upon himself.