The child sobbed with relief hearing Chad. The stranger eyed the hatchet in front of him as his stormy gaze trailed to Chad with a dangerous gleam. In the blink of an eye he moved around the tree the hatchet was in. When he came around the other side he was more beast than man, holding the child out by their head.<br/><br/>"Do you really wish to test your luck?" he growled, holding the child in a way that he could easily use it as a shield. In this form his clothing fit him much better. "Perhaps I'll just take you instead..." he added in a thoughtful insidious tone with an imposing grin that showed his maw of sharp teeth.