His eyes shifted quietly from the fire to her, slowly to her eyes.<br/><br/>"If you are in my presence you needn't feel fear...I hope you do not take offense to this.." he muttered softly, knowing she wished to be an independent creature. "And besides.." he very gently to her hands, slowly pulling her down to the pad he lounged on to rest against him, petting her hand and with his other paw her hair. He smiled warmly to her, his long tail wrapping about them both.<br/><br/>"The Hyane fear upheaval should they break the treaties. They would not hesitate to act upon us should they believe we have broken the treaties for sure but they are tacticians in war as well as brutes in battle...they know that numbers will always overwhelm physical strength and to have the warren against them would only result in loss of life, limb and land...So long as they know you are an ambassador and at the side of a lawman of the Kuguar..you are safe. They will show what respect they are capable of.."<br/><br/>His scent had slowly retreated into the decadent sense of dusty wood as he calmed.