[/html]The sudden change in mood was a little off-putting, and Trent wasn't entirely sure how to handle the situation without further angering her. Terra's fine signs of dominance weren't missed by Trent, and he wasn't about to pursue what he'd said before or make another joke, but what could he do? He looked a little lost, clearly unsure how to diffuse the situation. He didn't really think it was his fault, either, since she was the one who'd started joking, but he knew from experience that it didn't really matter who started what anyway. It would be the dominant one that'd win regardless, and he knew that sure as hell wasn't him.
"I, err..." he mumbled, "Was just worried, is all. It wasn't meant as an insult, or anything." He looked away, at the ground, mostly because he just wasn't ready to see if Terra would completely explode or if his words would manage to cool her off a little. Trent still didn't think he'd really done anything wrong, but there was no such thing as fairness in hierarchy, anyway, as far as he was concerned. It wasn't like he'd called her fat or insulted her puppies, nor had he really intended to offend her poor choices. He just hadn't realised that he had subconsciously done so, because in his mind, the joke had revolved more around him than her and so he hadn't even considered the fact that it might be taken as an insult. Up until now, anyway.
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