"Whatcha up to, Barney?" quipped the dilatory male, sluggishly sauntering towards the dragon without any trace of belligerence. Their figure wasn’t fresh to his eyes - Bai Shi had stepped foot on Tanglewood ground before this day. Each visit of theirs brought little to no harm, hence Leroy’s guard was lowered, though the hound did not forget the heinous crimes committed by the Rosebloods in the past. A good few Tanglers met their cold ends at a Rosebloodite’s hands, and even if the Rosebloodites no longer roamed alongside their ill-disposed creed, history was history.

”Haven’t seen ya in a while,” Leroy continued, slowly laying himself down on his aching stomach, [color=#b2b2b2][b]”was almost worried ya bit the dust like everybody else, or something.”