Lifting his lips in a grimace, Jimson massaged the toes of his right foot that had been accosted by the edge of the metal can he'd dropped. He wiggled them to work the pain out -- they were far from broken, though he thought he might end up with a bit of a bruise. What in the hell had been in that can, anyway, rocks? Geez. His gaze snapped up as the door announced that it was being opened, and fell upon the red form of the canine that had startled him so, who was still giggling a little. "Am I really so scary?" the other male asked, with a warm smile and a wink as he leaned on the opposite side of the counter. It was then that Jimson noticed the spiked collar around the small male's neck. A little odd, he thought -- back home, no one wore any type of collars. They were thought to be a symbol of darker times, when canines were oppressed by humans, and so were shunned completely. Jimson said nothing, though -- this one looked wolfish, which meant that he probably didn't have many, if any at all, domesticated dogs in his ancestry and wouldn't have the same association. And maybe he just liked the way the collar looked.
The white giant chuckled and grabbed the edge of the counter, pulling himself up. The Pyrenees was used to dwarfing most people, but this tri-colored stranger was even smaller than most, barely half Jimson's size and a good two feet shorter. "Terrifyin'," he teased in his country drawl, before bending to pick up the cans once more and replacing them on the shelf. "Y'just took me off guard, 's all," he said, turning back to face the russet male. "Din't hear y'come up." He adjusted the strap of his messenger bag and held a massive paw out. "M'name's Jimson, by th'way. D'ya often make a habit o'sneakin' up on people?" he asked with a crooked smile.
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