07-27-2020, 03:09 AM
Paola’s ears flicker back and forth in a curious gesture, flashing the larger creature a smile that she hopes will allay his concern. ”No apologies necessary, please. He’s done nothing wrong to me,” she offers, gaze straying back towards Ament and watching as he tears into his slab of flesh. He needs feeding, same as any animal, same as her—it seems he could not enunciate the common tongue, but she knows there are other ways to communicate and so the fact doesn’t bother her in the slightest.
”It’s a pleasure to meet you all,” she chirps eagerly, storing the information about a meteor somewhere in the back of her mind; there are other things to address, but she’d want to bring it up later and maybe have herself a look of the crash site. ”There’s a temple here? I’d be interested in seeing it, although I hope you don’t mind that I don’t—”
She stops there, snapping her jaws shut and nearly biting the tip of her tongue off at the velocity of it. Should she tell these creatures about it? The last time she had told anyone, it hadn’t gone over too well, and Paola’s sure there are still some strangers on the lookout for her, eager to take what she can’t give them. It’s part of the reason she’d set off looking for company—safety in numbers, wasn’t that what they said? There’s safety in numbers, but it won’t help her if they grow a particular interest in it as well.
She decides, instead, not to bring it up.
”—I don’t have any injuries,” she finishes with a flick of her long tail, scrambling for an excuse to justify her sudden pause. ”¡Lo siento! I had to remember if I did find myself in any spats before coming here. It’s been a long week.” Keep digging yourself a deeper hole, Paola. ”But you mentioned a meteor! Did it crash here? Is it possible to dig around and see if it left any bits behind? I mean, I could help with the cleaning too, I’m good at that.”
She gives them an innocent grin, hoping it’s enough to steer the conversation away from the near-mishap.
”It’s a pleasure to meet you all,” she chirps eagerly, storing the information about a meteor somewhere in the back of her mind; there are other things to address, but she’d want to bring it up later and maybe have herself a look of the crash site. ”There’s a temple here? I’d be interested in seeing it, although I hope you don’t mind that I don’t—”
She stops there, snapping her jaws shut and nearly biting the tip of her tongue off at the velocity of it. Should she tell these creatures about it? The last time she had told anyone, it hadn’t gone over too well, and Paola’s sure there are still some strangers on the lookout for her, eager to take what she can’t give them. It’s part of the reason she’d set off looking for company—safety in numbers, wasn’t that what they said? There’s safety in numbers, but it won’t help her if they grow a particular interest in it as well.
She decides, instead, not to bring it up.
”—I don’t have any injuries,” she finishes with a flick of her long tail, scrambling for an excuse to justify her sudden pause. ”¡Lo siento! I had to remember if I did find myself in any spats before coming here. It’s been a long week.” Keep digging yourself a deeper hole, Paola. ”But you mentioned a meteor! Did it crash here? Is it possible to dig around and see if it left any bits behind? I mean, I could help with the cleaning too, I’m good at that.”
She gives them an innocent grin, hoping it’s enough to steer the conversation away from the near-mishap.
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