/ 430As soon as the alabaster female arrived on the scene, Severus immediately felt better. The blade whizzed past his own grey head and stuck the bear in the side. His paws did not slow until he made it past the woman, and could turn around to see that the bear’s attention was diverted. Then, he realized that he was the man here. While he was young, he couldn’t very well let a woman fight his battles for him. A snarl broke from his muzzle, directed at the bear instead of at Ayasha, and he lifted a paw to start towards the bear and chase it off on his own.
That was when a great whoosh of feathers could be heard. Not being a fan of birds, the prince ducked down to the ground immediately and bunkered in his Secui form, watching as the ravens tore and pecked at the bear. With an enraged roar, the black beast turned and ran back for the tree cover to find her cub again. Once the bear was gone, the birds seemed to leave well enough alone and return back to the trees – then another voice cut through the scene.
Turning, Severus saw the female pup that looked an awful lot like a fox. His silver eyes took her in, and he was torn between indignation and amusement when she claimed that she took care of the bear. He was going to make some comment about how he had really taken care of it, but then his gaze shifted to Ayasha. The woman was older than him, and higher ranking, which caused his cockiness to crumble just a little bit. He cleared his throat after a silence hung over the trio, then picked at the ground with one of his huge paws for a minute.
“So, ladies…” he began, mischievous eyes glinting. If he changed the topic immediately, maybe no one would question why the bear had shown up and he wouldn’t get his ass kicked by his mother. “Lovely day, isn’t it?” A smirk curled on his muzzle before he turned to Ayasha, nodding towards the knife which now rested close to his paws. “Some pretty handy skills there and yeah…squirt…good job with the birds.” He didn’t particularly like that the little thing was acting so cocky in front of him. She was obviously way younger than him, and he didn’t even flinch as her tiny paw swiped at his grey side. Instead, he let out a scoff that could pass off as playfulness, and gave her a little push with one of his over-sized paws.
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