Emily
*It didn't seem like the fox was going to move from the spot she was in, so the Silnari could go back for the shovel if he wanted to. By now, it looked like she had practically dozed off on the floor as she had returned back to her fox form and remained curled up peacefully under the sunlight.*
James
*With the fox seemingly knocked out like a light he just went and left to get the shovel, he locked the front door just incase anymore things attempts to get in like a rabid raccoon or something.*
Emily
*The fox had completely dozed off by the time he came back, mouth wide open as her body was splayed out on the floor. She would have looked dead if not for the rise and fall of her chest. It wasn't until she had heard the sound of a door locking that she finally woke back up tiredly.*"Eh? Did I doze off?"*She questioned, letting out a yawn and sitting up to stretch.*"I haven't slept that well in moons."
James
"Yeah you slept like the dead, couldn't wake you up if i tried" *He shrugs making his way to a nearby armchair and sitting on it, he looked confused when the fox spoke of not being able to sleep well for days (or moons) which he understands seeing as the forest was crawling with stuff it would be unwise to just leave yourself vulnerable to whatever might lurk.*
Emily
*She climbed up onto the window sill and stared out into the forest.*"I suppose this place will be worth visiting again."*The fox decided.*"No predators, no pack, just a den and food. Such easy living, you'd think you'd get bored of it."
James
"I get bored occasionally but I always find something to do eventually" *He replied, he dreamt once of going on many adventures just like in the books he reads so often but with recent events that dream would just remain a dream, maybe one day but he doesn't think he'll be qualified for such a thing.*
Emily
*She let out a huff of air to show her doubt and turned to look back at him.*"Like what? Wander around with that shovel all day? Or watching those birds? Or burying stuff? Hardly sounds like anything fun."
James
"I have books to read, it doesn't sound like much fun to you maybe but it's enough for me! I don't need to go on silly adventures to have fun" *Ok he might be have said the last like a bit too harsh but whatever- he has plenty of things to keep him occupied! It's not like he lays awake at night thinking about how his life could've turned out differently if he didn't walk through that area of town so late at night! He's fine just being by himself with no one for miles!...Ok he might hav a problem with the whole isolation thing but it's for the best anyway so he doesn't need to complain.*
Emily
*She gave a snort at the ridiculousness of his statement.*"How can someone living out in the forest think of themself as too good for adventures?"*The fox asked, putting his words in her own.*"This place reeks of you, as if you've hardly left it in the past 12 moons. You got no pack here, no family, just a bunch of captured food and those... Book things keeping you here. You're bound to go crazy. I've seen many crazy elves. Fortunately I manage to escape them every time."*The fox looked rather proud of the statement as she scratched her ears with an arm.*
James
"Well maybe because 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 couldn't leave the forest because of... Unforseen events let's just say" *He replied as he got up and picked out a book from the nearby bookshelves and sat back down, he thinks back to what she had said 'You're bound to get crazy'... Ok maybe he's gone a 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 insane seeing as he's not surprised or frightened at the sight of blood anymore, but he's not fully insane!....Yet.*
Emily
*The fox hopped off the window sill, crossing the room in one swift movement before gracefully finding herself sitting atop the arm of the chair Wilhelmina was in. She swatted away the book he held and climbed up on the head of the chair.*"Maybe someone is just scared to leave their posh and lavish life to deal with the crazies in the forest."*She commented in return, figuring his hesitation was in him hardly having any trouble with survival seeing as he had everything he could possibly need.*
James
"Maybe i am scared just not for the reasons you might think" *He almost slapped himself for talking about this, he doesn't know if it's the desperation but he feels something inside him crack, pleading for him to just let everything that's been shoved inside the metaphorical spill, but he can't just do that! He could blow his cover! And he doesn't even know this fox lady like that! He just can't risk it. It's best to just shut up about it.*
Emily
"Well spit it out then. Don't keep trying to leave me hanging."*She snapped back at him.*"Always so cryptic. It's hard enough to understand your language as is without you at least trying to be more indirect."*She said with a scoff.*
James
"I.. Uhm" *He's thinking of too many things to keep track, he could kill her but it'll be a hassle, he could deflect it but then he'll be suspicious, he could just tell her to leave but that'll be rude!, he silently cursed himself for saying too much as he sits there almost motionless quiet as a mouse.*