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Maybe Fox should have felt relieved to see the peryton visibly shrink in the presence of its master, but given how good a job it had done at intimidating the fuck out of him, it only makes the man before him seem even more imposing. Slowly straightening up and forcing letting his shoulders relax, the hunter tries for casual, which somehow seems even more out of place in the dimly lit tunnels. "Ah," he says helpfully, taking a hand out of his pocket to reach out and shake the other man's hand. "I'm Fox. Sorry for being skittish - this is actually my first time up in the Climb. I wasn't expecting to run into..." He nods at the peryton, at least managing something of a smile this time. "It'd make a good guard..." Instinctively he wants to say dog even though the creature is anything but. fox