Noss's conscious stayed clear even though she made the comment about starving. What he had said was not antagonistic, but rather commentary. Despite that, his feet did stop and falter for a moment before he continued on. He was not a soft man by nature, although this woman seemed to know how to hold her own, and he was so used to just leaving those he didn't want to deal with behind. It was usually so easy. But that was when he was a chief-to-be, and such flippancy was tolerated. Here...here he was a Seigneur; new and unimportant to the pack ranking.
Turning and leaning against a tree, Noss skewered the pole into the ground and crossed his arms, looking calculatingly to the woman, measuring her up "Why do you want to know this anyway?" he ground out, genuinely curious, even if he tried to hide it. It was obvious that the woman was underweight, but why would she choose him to talk to? He was not an easy man to come up to, nor was he the most obvious choice for a conversational partner. But for whatever reason, the woman had decided to brave his sharp tongue and intimidating stature, and Noss would still fault her for it, because she was the one who had chosen to do so. But then, why was he choosing to stay? That fault was his own. She had asked about strength, but as he had already noticed, she was built more for speed. The best kind of strength that she could be taught was the hit hard and often; even if the hits wouldn't deal as much damage by themselves as his would with a single shot, if repeated, they would match up to a single berserker punch given enough time. And even then, why did she want to know about it? Did she wish to go out for the warrior ranks as well? At the thought, Noss palmed his face, imagining having to patrol and work beside a female. If he didn't act amazingly awkward around her, then she's probably never hear a word out of him on most occasions. What kind of working relationship would that be?
Warrior walks. "Warrior talks." Warrior thinks.
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