Silvertip Mountain Cobra's nest

As he looked on, she shook her head slightly, which was enough to give the male pause in his exit. Tartok, she said, and he followed the sweep of her muzzle with eyes glinting curiously of their own accord -- because Balthazar would never act like he was curious about anything on purpose.

She moved, which caused his gaze to snap back towards her, but it was only to lower her tail slightly and to consequentially lower the tenseness of the scene. Zar remained impassively placed, though a flare of irritation passed his expression when she said another word that couldn't have been anything but an introduction. "I didn't—" he started to snap, but he simply narrowed his eyes and refused to finish the sentence, realizing that he was being prematurely snide.

His features relaxed from its sudden harshness to something blank before he said "Balthazar," in that forcible way one did when they weren't exactly prepared (or wanted) to introduce themselves.