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When the stranger does nothing, Izuku allows himself to relax his guard just the slightest. It's not a lot, just the slight loosening of his stance. His eyes narrow just a fraction more to make up for it. The stranger doesn't seem to be about to attack him in the next moment, but there's this -- paranoia. It's a strange combination of his standard stranger paranoia, and just -- something else entirely that made it near impossible to relax. Still, Izuku opens his maw to speak -- and then promptly snaps it closed.
His complete concentration on the kitsune had kept him from focusing on his surroundings. Cursory glances would have at least alerted him to anyone approaching, at least if all other senses failed him -- the tundra lacked any cover, really. Still, he really really hadn't, because that would mean looking away from Hisoka and risking his own neck. So when another person's voice registers, Izuku -- doesn't jump, but he does flinch fairly hard. The maine coon looks over, and resists a grimace, seeing the tall white feline. A serval, maybe? Either way, they're definitely bigger than him -- Izuku was fairly small for a Maine Coon of his age, but also, servals.
This was a mistake, Izuku thinks, even as he tries to find a time to input his joining, or whatever. While the new stranger is ... also a little off-putting, and definitely still makes him nervous(metal claws.), he finds some solace in the other's more defensive stance.
"It's -- It's fine," Izuku allows, smiling thankfully. He allows his stance to relax some more, so that he doesn't look like he's ready to fight for his life in the next moment. Still, Izuku is tense, fully prepared to dodge away from something or another at the slightest provocation. Something about everyone here puts the survivalist in him on edge, and also maybe the dormant hero part of him too. Who knows, not Izuku -- he hasn't payed attention to any emotions beyond the surface in quite a while.
Izuku squawks. "Hey!!" He complains, without any heat. The tabby allows himself to grin a little. A grape? He's heard this joke a lot in the past, had grown used to it, but it'd never been grape. He wouldn't stand for this.  "If anything, I've been told I resemble a broccoli more," The green tabby offers, almost gleefully. So maybe he was using a somewhat comedic comment to keep from having a minor panic attack immediately post 'unexpected threat to his life'. It was just his recent way of life, it seemed.
"R-Right -- I'm not lost, but, um," He thinks back to the Kitsune's(Hisoka) inquiry, as to if they could help him. This technically counted as helping, right? Whatever. Izuku shakes his head, tail twitching a little more rapidly. "I-I'm interested in joining," The tabby offers, with a little hesitant grin. So his first impression was definitely the worst first impression, but Izuku wasn't keen on trying to find a different group to make home. Plus, getting out of this situation wouldn't be hard. He could have just said he was lost, of course, but that's just suspicious. Suspicious -- ah, right, he forgot to introduce himself. The feline casts a brief, hesitant glance at the other two before proceeding. "Mido -- Izuku Midoriya," Oops, there was a slip-up. He'd at least managed it with Amunet, but it appears that introducing himself in the 'western way' didn't come as naturally after having traveled with Todoroki for so long.

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