Cedarwood Forest Pieces

She hadn't consciously been intending on that point, but she certainly didn't see herself getting anything more out of the conversation, and wasn't in a mood to be exposed any longer to the man's blind optimism. So she squared him with a look and drawled, "yes." He was polite enough to likely take the simple answer as it was and take his blonde behind elsewhere. Nineva, on the other paw, would stay rooted as she was. A matter of principle, maybe, only because she was that damned stubborn. She would watch him leave, be sure he had gone, and only then move on to... whatever was next for her.

"Well...okay."He muttered, unable to keep the disappointment out of his voice.

He knew that not every stranger was a friendly face, that some weren't as social or chipper as he was but...At the very least he had to be grateful that she was willing to help him. To an extent.

"It was uh...nice to meet you Nineva."He told her, his tail swishing behind him. He didn't want to go but...he wasn't going to outstay his welcome."Hope I see you again sometime.Maybe, if you want."

With that he turned and padded away, his bird-feet leaving strange tracks in the snow as he went. There was no time to lose, he still had to find Thuban. Then he could tell his friend about the angry grey woman he'd met. What a story that'd be, would he laugh? Man, what Elias would do just to see him smile again, all warm and bright like his Selwyn yellow eyes.

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