beauty cat and the bald ape

He was not mistaken. She was too timid of him to make good on her threat, which she had no place in uttering to begin with. Still, he did not move, even as she pleaded. He was not anywhere he was not permitted to be, and her begging was nothing short of irrational. He doubted this Saena character was so bloodthirsty as to slay her own packmate, a child at that, for speaking to him. His deep, gravelly voice was calm as he replied. "I do not think so. Why would you think such a thing?"