How rude! I'll have you know I was born as such, as my parents, and their own parents! [And he sways his tail for good measure.
Though really, he's not at all offended by her assumptions. Too many people have mistaken him for one thing or another, here in Deerington. He's become inured.
The way one would become inured to aching scar tissue.]
And my kind are indeed natural hunters, I have been out finding bears and pantera the moment I turned old enough to be allowed on such ventures!
[Still, he's strategizing, working. One enemy bishop comes menacingly close to his companion, except it's made a mistake, and she's not on the right square for it to remove her from the board.
For his part, he finds his own pick, taking a great leap through the air to snatch a pawn he's only just noticed is in the right range for his required movements. And he doesn't just come down on it-- he comes down on it with a number of ghostly blue broadswords and simply crushes it to pieces.
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Though really, he's not at all offended by her assumptions. Too many people have mistaken him for one thing or another, here in Deerington. He's become inured.
The way one would become inured to aching scar tissue.]
And my kind are indeed natural hunters, I have been out finding bears and pantera the moment I turned old enough to be allowed on such ventures!
[Still, he's strategizing, working. One enemy bishop comes menacingly close to his companion, except it's made a mistake, and she's not on the right square for it to remove her from the board.
For his part, he finds his own pick, taking a great leap through the air to snatch a pawn he's only just noticed is in the right range for his required movements. And he doesn't just come down on it-- he comes down on it with a number of ghostly blue broadswords and simply crushes it to pieces.
Excessive force? Of course.]