His first instinct as he heard a cat hopping down a tree to get next to him was to crawl backwards and raise his front limbs in a defensive motion - it was an odd motion but clearly one designed to threaten, even if he wasn't exactly possessing of getting mauled to death. You could tell it was instinctual,
since as soon as he realized it was Aya, his limbs snapped right back down, looking at her with eyes now tinged a slight red - he was annoyed. "Stealth before introducing self to animals maintaining instincts potentially results in injury," he said, a very roundabout way of calling her an idiot for getting the drop on him (semi-literally). The red faded from his eyes as he shifted towards her slightly, so as to not maintain an animosity via spacing. "Greetings. Yes, have been studying wildlife, figuring out genetic modification. Apologies for reclusiveness." Hopefully that would do in terms of excuses, because he really didn't have any other ones. Nor did he have any explanation for what exactly had changed about his eyes, instead opting for the "don't talk about it since it doesn't really matter" method.
And here was possibly the oddest person in Tanglewood - an asshole usually, but as soon as he got near Abathur, he turned into a quivering child, unable to walk properly from how much he was shaking in his boots. "Greetings, subject Malphas," the spider began with, turning three seemingly amused eyes towards the red eyed arachnophobe, "Have no opinion on weather. As long as not too cold for existence as ectotherm, don't care." He supposed it was a nice day, based on the connotation of the word "nice day," but he wasn't one for pleasantries like that. They didn't really matter in conversation, just a way to keep people talking so there was no time for the fear to set in. Ah, but he did have to apologize for his disappearance for more than just people wondering where he was -
he did kind of skip out on his nursing duties, too. "Apologies - was busy. Admit medical work, more important to clan than scientific understanding. Will be more active now."
since as soon as he realized it was Aya, his limbs snapped right back down, looking at her with eyes now tinged a slight red - he was annoyed. "Stealth before introducing self to animals maintaining instincts potentially results in injury," he said, a very roundabout way of calling her an idiot for getting the drop on him (semi-literally). The red faded from his eyes as he shifted towards her slightly, so as to not maintain an animosity via spacing. "Greetings. Yes, have been studying wildlife, figuring out genetic modification. Apologies for reclusiveness." Hopefully that would do in terms of excuses, because he really didn't have any other ones. Nor did he have any explanation for what exactly had changed about his eyes, instead opting for the "don't talk about it since it doesn't really matter" method.
And here was possibly the oddest person in Tanglewood - an asshole usually, but as soon as he got near Abathur, he turned into a quivering child, unable to walk properly from how much he was shaking in his boots. "Greetings, subject Malphas," the spider began with, turning three seemingly amused eyes towards the red eyed arachnophobe, "Have no opinion on weather. As long as not too cold for existence as ectotherm, don't care." He supposed it was a nice day, based on the connotation of the word "nice day," but he wasn't one for pleasantries like that. They didn't really matter in conversation, just a way to keep people talking so there was no time for the fear to set in. Ah, but he did have to apologize for his disappearance for more than just people wondering where he was -
he did kind of skip out on his nursing duties, too. "Apologies - was busy. Admit medical work, more important to clan than scientific understanding. Will be more active now."
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