Snippet #2343681

Onix started to bound after his master but something, smell or sound or both stopped him. Hackles raised, he stalked toward the brush, ears flattened, fangs bared. When the brush failed to reveal its dangers he barked then growled. When the foliage rattled, the wolf fell silent, every muscle wound tight and ready to spring. What emerged in response to his alarm was neither game nor fowl, but a girl, a girl who looked like no one Adion had ever seen, yet undeniably a girl. Her skin was pale, like his, but her eyes were strange, bright yet narrow, almond in shape. Her clothing was also unlike anything he'd ever seen yet it didn't seem made for the wilderness or had seen to much of it for it was torn and muddy from bushwhacking.

From her hip the strange girl drew an odd metal object which she brandished the way someone might a weapon. "Nishi xi, nishi xi tennoi! Kama dro?"