"Glad to hear it," he murmured fervently to Loren being in control of his animal instincts. "And they do that, here. To be fair, you've stepped into their territory." He gave his friend a lopsided grin and a shrug, gesturing to where beady black eyes were watching them from a safe distance and within the safety of the hedge-walls of the labyrinth. "The little bastards have made me bleed more than once when I've been in here. And the screaming brought me, today," he explained. "I heard it overhead and figured either someone had gotten themselves in trouble, or there was a new predator in the Labyrinth it was worth investigating." And he was right on at least one of those counts.
He stayed back, not pressing the honey badger's white-rimmed glare as he held his hands loosely at his sides, peaceable and non-threatening, just in case. "What about you? It's not usually wise to press in here alone unless you have wings to get out again with quickly. Even then, there are areas so overgrown overhead they can stop a swift exit." His grin was one of rueful experience. "Though, since I'm here now... I have some paying back to do further in, if you wouldn't mind some company?" Not the violent kind, luckily, but the healing and helping kind, giving back some of what he had been given by the Labyrinth in seasons past.
He stayed back, not pressing the honey badger's white-rimmed glare as he held his hands loosely at his sides, peaceable and non-threatening, just in case. "What about you? It's not usually wise to press in here alone unless you have wings to get out again with quickly. Even then, there are areas so overgrown overhead they can stop a swift exit." His grin was one of rueful experience. "Though, since I'm here now... I have some paying back to do further in, if you wouldn't mind some company?" Not the violent kind, luckily, but the healing and helping kind, giving back some of what he had been given by the Labyrinth in seasons past.
