|| 雪 || :: Ah. Was that her heart skipping a beat? Yeah, it probably did. The nine-tailed fox wasn’t trying to challenge him, but his response still managed to surprise her despite how she thought she could predict what his reply would be. “…You’re supposed to be scared of me..” That her presence should have intimidated him, like how she did with other humans. How she was scared of them, but at the same time, they were scared of her too. “Saying things like this.. doing this..” Why wasn’t this one want to be away from her? Like other humans? She didn’t understand. “Why aren’t you… I wonder..”
( 勝雄 ) Maybe a joke was appropriate to lighten the mood a bit, albeit somehow the blacksmith didn’t think responding with, ‘Have you ever met my sister?’ would go over too well. His mouth felt too dry to force the words out anyway. He licked his lips in an attempt to fix that, trying to come up with a proper response as he kept his eyes locked steadily with hers; there was nervousness in the way his fingers tingled and his heart rate quickened, but no discomfort or fear. “Well, you haven’t given me a reason to be. I probably wouldn’t like you so much if you did.”
