He gave her a pleasant smile before he spoke "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you at all.  Though to answer your question no we haven't met before. I've actually just moved into town and thought that it was to much of a nice night to waste it being in doors" He said calmly as he watched her. She seemed to be a shy girl and nervous but that could be because she was inexperienced based on her age, then again if she worked in council office one would think she would be used to see and talking to strangers. When he back was turned to him, Droke grimaced as the dog started to growl at him and bark " It's alright, dogs never did seem to like me. I never know why though."<br/><br/>While he back was still facing him, he walked up to her as quietly as he could till he could touch her, smell her even.  Gently he placed his hand on her shoulders with an increasingly growing smirk. Droke was using his strength to keep her still as he lowered his head to her ear so he would whisper into her ear. The words he was speaking was ancient gaelic, one thought long dead, well at least to the humans.  What he was saying was a spell the put her to sleep for a while, long enough for him to bring her to what she would call her new home. She may not have been his first choice but she did look so much like her grandmother, enough that they could have passed as twins and he could live with that.