Cricket, in his turn, hears the sudden burst of running and pauses in his tracks for a moment. He's not precisely startled. There are plenty of animals in these woods that could make that kind of noise. Deer, foxes, bobcats. There are bears, too, now and then, but they're louder. Whatever just ran from him was on the small side.
He'd be inclined to dismiss it as just an animal, in fact, except it sounds like it ran into the distillery shack. A wild animal wouldn't corner itself. A domestic one might. Or a scared human.
He takes a breath and sidles closer, slow and careful and quieter as a consequence, looking around for signs of...well, anything. Nothing much jumps out at him. Broken bracken where something ran through, but nothing left behind, no fur or fabric. When at length he comes to the doorway of the shelter, he sets his lunch pail down and clears his throat. "A'ight. If there's someone here, I want you to know I can defend myself, but if you don't mean no harm, ain't nothing bad gonna happen to you. Gonna need you to show yourself now, though."
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Date: 2019-04-18 11:36 pm (UTC)He'd be inclined to dismiss it as just an animal, in fact, except it sounds like it ran into the distillery shack. A wild animal wouldn't corner itself. A domestic one might. Or a scared human.
He takes a breath and sidles closer, slow and careful and quieter as a consequence, looking around for signs of...well, anything. Nothing much jumps out at him. Broken bracken where something ran through, but nothing left behind, no fur or fabric. When at length he comes to the doorway of the shelter, he sets his lunch pail down and clears his throat. "A'ight. If there's someone here, I want you to know I can defend myself, but if you don't mean no harm, ain't nothing bad gonna happen to you. Gonna need you to show yourself now, though."