Broken Antler Fen Absolute zero

Although these new suggestions were arguably worse, at least they weren't violent. They suited him a bit better by that merit. "I'll take them both and go by Buffalo Squeak," he replied solemnly before his grin returned, along with the waving of his tail.

He stilled once more at her reply to his gentle probe. He let out a light laugh and said, "Fair." His heart still thudded a little harder than usual in his chest, though his expression betrayed nothing as he queried, "I was wondering if you're already romantically entangled with anyone." The "already" in particular likely implied his intent quite clearly, though before he asked any followups, he paused to allow Wraen room to answer (or not).