Aww, no worries here! ;> Lol, she is just a little jumpy~
WC: 440
Weary and troubled, she let her mind wander, eyes fluttering closed for a brief moment. There came a soft noise nearby, a throat being cleared politely to alert her to another presence. Coli caught her breath in surprise as she turned and blinked, pale morning sunlight blotted out by a looming shadow. If she had not recognized the giant from the gathering of packmates that came to her in her hour of need, she would surely have fled in terror. As it was, the timid female felt her heart leap into her throat, shuddering involuntarily at the sight of the towering male. She was a small wolf, bitterly accustomed to others surpassing her size, but this had to be the single largest creature she had ever encountered. Blue eyes swept up his stalwart frame, musculature clearly visible beneath the thin harlequin coat. Warrior, her racing mind told her, unable to imagine him as anything else, just as she had seen Cassia Calidus the swordswoman. He is dangerous.
Clumsily she pushed herself upright from the grass, rising to her feet and fighting off a wave of dizziness from the effort. This is your packmate, pull yourself together, she chided herself internally, though there was a trembling in her fingertips she could not suppress. He could break her like a twig, and that was all she was before this behemoth. Dimly she perceived that he was introducing himself, body language friendly and calm. She licked her dry lips, trying to formulate a coherent response. "C, Coli, I'm Colibri... Haki. S-sorry," she apologized, stammering nervously. Her ears were tucked back with embarrassment at her own cowardice, and she stared down at her feet, stubbornly wrestling with her ingrained bias against his gender.
Colibri had a tendency to leave a bad first impression on everyone she met, like snarling at the sight of Lilin or flinching pitifully from Ezra. Still, this warrior, Fritz Earl as he called himself, could not possibly have a lower opinion of her now -- he had seen her at her lowest point already, and her display this morning could not be more pathetic than that. Vaguely comforted by this notion, Coli rubbed her clammy palms against her sides, trying to steady her erratic pulse. "N-nice to finally meet you, Fritz. I, I'm fine, just resting a little bit. Feeling a little faint, probably just hunger. Um, how has... Vinátta been treating you...?" she asked weakly, craning her neck to look at his gentle smile. They were packmates sworn to loyalty and hospitality, something she could not take lightly. He deserved more effort than she could muster right now.
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