so into your mystery ; open, joining

[kairos]

"Ah eun?" his voice was incredulous as he used the scottish gaelic word for bird - unable in the surprise of the moment to speak the english counterpart. The barbary lion lowered his body to get a closer look at the raven. Her pitch black plumage was ruffled as she stared up at him almost defiantly.

His mother always used to say that in pairs of three, ravens meant trouble, but she was only one and he was never much of a believer in superstitions any ways.

"Aye mistress, a' mean ya' no harm. You startled me is'all." his thick voice ending with a hearty chuckle as he straightened his body in time to view the creature responsible for the noise that had originally alerted him. Eyes narrowed as the male spoke, but he quickly altered his body - muscles still tensed in preparation.

"Well, in tha' case," Kairos offered the injured male a brief dip of his head. "My apologies. I dinna ken this land was a' spoken fer. Ma' name is Kairos-" his tongue rolled against the back of his teeth as he spoke, a friendly grin stretching across black lips. "An' I s'ppose I'm here fer a wee visit." his mind wasn't yet settled on making a home for himself here, but there was no harm in checking it out.