Gyrfalcon's Keep trust like that is not freely given

she rose to meet him as he came closer; an unusual reaction. iliksis knew then that she, like him, was testing the boundaries -- and as she rose and pressed her muzzle to his chest he allowed it. his gaze flickered in an inscrutable manner, but for the moment the man remained motionless as stone.

and then it happened -- a flash of fangs as he turned upon her with a snap as she withdrew. his teeth chattered in his skull as he swung his muzzle towards her, as if to say she would not be permitted to touch him again.

she got the hint. iliksis' eyes watched, glittering in that gleamy dusk, as she made her exit. he might have followed her -- if he was not so sharply aware that there was something about her keenly dangerous.