icey waters - [BOAT DELIVERY]

and they saw trouble in my eyes
"speech." . 'thoughts' . attack

Soft was the amused laugh at his ally's comment, "We like the murk. Makes it harder for certain things to reach us. Harder for our prey to escape as well.", he shrugged with a warm grin, "Part of the unique ecosystem here. The pleasure is all mine, 'specially with the beauty of a gift you've brought us."

Tipping his head with a quirk of a smile on his maw, allowing the other to come closer and touch him though a long buried memory screamed at him to put distance between them, sending a thrill down his spine as he kept himself tempered and still. There was no reason to freak out about the other old brute, no reason at all. Taking a breath as he forced his muscles that had tightened to relax, "Plans? Chasing out an infestation of rats that moved into our waterways, and exploring those same waterways. The storm cleared up blocked paths." he would murmur with a thoughtful scratch to his chin. "Ever had muskrat? It tastes good.", he hummed before grinning, "I'll take myself a pirate over a siren any day, my friend. Feel so kind as to show me the ropes? Pfft. Bring me back a handsome lad and you'll be in my good books." he returned in a jovial mood, blowing past the momentary freezing up.

they were quick to recognize the devil in me.
aesior opheles of tanglewood. -- luminary.

credit @/teef