Blackfoot Forest The Strangest Thing

Just as he thought she would, she coiled back. A turtle in its shell, with the head stuck out just far enough to note the length of the dangers.

When she answered him, she was still no kinder. It grated at his bones in a way he could not describe. No matter what he did, she would not bend in full.

You should rethink it in mine, Theoxaris returned coldly, tongue clicking with a sense of distaste and scorn. I do not take kindly to individuals who treat me with such disrespect after I have been nothing but kind. For he had been at the start! But now, what choice did he have but to assert the strength and pride any man like him held? One could only take kindness so far before the fine line was crossed. And for him, it had been. She was now teetering at the edge of the cliff, daring for him to push her the final step.