Totoka River I'm a troubled man

he shrinks back, the upset plain. her tail lowers, wags, as does her muzzle. "it's ok. I'm not gonna hurt you or anything." she's curious, is all, and even that remains when he explains that he isn't in fact, from around here. 

"something big happened, I think. it's—weird around here." she tries to prompt some sort of conversation, hoping to put him at ease while satisfying her own questions about the place.