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The strange dog thing responded much like Terra expected, briskly and reminding her that he was a stranger, and none of her business. Well, now it was. Terra wasn't going to give up that easily. She matched his stare, despite the height difference granted by the horse. Muscles ran through his body, and her own tensed slightly before he slid to the ground, letting her relax again. Much like a pup she trailed after him as he walked towards the ice. A grin spread on her face. Good manners, yes. Just not your kind of manners. For Terra, good manners meant stealing only a little bit of food, and not tricking someone into looking like a fool. Good manners meant not being caught, and being friends with the very person you took from.
Obviously their opinion on manners differed greatly, as Terra only greeted a person cordially before she robbed them. Since he had nothing she wanted, Terra felt no need to do so. His cloak was taken off and draped over the horse. Terra whined in sympathy as she knew it had to be cold without that protection. She jumped back a little as he drew out this awful hooked thing though. That was something she remembered well, hurtled at her by a very angry wolf. Terra had been lucky to not get hit, though she'd still ended up with another injury. He didn't move towards her though, instead walking over to the ice and tapping it.
That was a rather peculiar thing to do with a weapon. Drawn in by his strangeness Terra trotted over, watching him. What are you doing? Terra was braced to run in case it really was a way to get the weapon ready for attack. Maybe it had to be hit on a hard surface first or something.
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