Haunted Wood I am a boy of authentic self esteem

The boy's reply had him freeze, eyes going wide as a hint of warmth, a feeling he had lost early on while watching his father die and Phex be despairingly slow at learning to adapt to the fact she'd be alone with them afterward. He turned with a soft smile to thank him but was taken by surprise when he saw the boy was already basically smacking into him. "Hey-" he shouted and then gasped, scrabbling around panicking as they tumbled before laying panting and scowling grumpily into Clay's bright and sunny face. He slowly softened and lunged up, nipping his friend upon the nose sharply before laughing and laying back with a smug look "Get off me pretty boy, If we weren't friends I'd change that" but the tone was playfully sarcastic and surprisingly affectionate his tail tapping languidly behind him to show that he meant no offense and trusted the boy not to feel the need to try to escape.