HARPER
The brief success he feels at having retrieved the man's hand in time to shake (or, that's the version of the story he'd be telling himself) immediately withers as Talyson's expression goes through a delightful spasm from surprise, to disbelief, to something that almost looks murderous if it wasn't for the lines around his eyes and mouth. His own hand retreats to rub at the back of his neck, wincing even as he tries to grin his way back into Tal's good graces.
"I was just going to shift and fly away!" he argues weakly. Trying to strive for optimism, he straightens and gestures widely with his arms. "Or turn into an elephant - they're even bigger than ursur! It wouldn't be fair to kill them when they're just hungry!" No matter how capable he is of it, Harper would sooner try to befriend an ursur by hand-feeding it seal meat and having his arm taken alongside it than killing a poor bear.
"I was just going to shift and fly away!" he argues weakly. Trying to strive for optimism, he straightens and gestures widely with his arms. "Or turn into an elephant - they're even bigger than ursur! It wouldn't be fair to kill them when they're just hungry!" No matter how capable he is of it, Harper would sooner try to befriend an ursur by hand-feeding it seal meat and having his arm taken alongside it than killing a poor bear.
let your faith be bigger than your fear
BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3
