He looked at her. Blinking at her words. A puppy? It suddenly dawned on him she really didn't understand what he was saying. Shaking his head. "No. I can turn into a wolf." He said. Stating it like it was a well known fact. "I don't have any friends." He said. Then added a moment later. "Other than the friendship budding between us." He said hesitantly. Not wanting to get her hopes up yet needed to state it. He was a strong man or he would have died after all the torture he had been through. He shook his head. "Its not safe." He said to her being fine on her own comment. He doubted it. The night creatures flocked the area much more than any other place he had been to before. He felt obligated to protect her since she was insistant that they were friends.<br/><br/>He looked at her as she blushed. Why was she blushing? He was merely stating a fact. Not complimenting. Had she taken it that way? He hadn't intended to make it that way or maybe he had. He wasn't certain of anything anymore. "They are. They are unique and beautiful like you." He said in his monotoned tone yet it rang with sincerity. He blinked a bit. She had a goal to make him smile? She was going to show him the world was not as harsh? Why? What did being friends have to do with that? She confused him more with the more things she said. "I am not sure I'll be able to smile but you seem certain so we'll give it chance to fail or succeed." He said.<br/><br/>He looked at her. "It doesn't and I'm not used to it. If it doesn't make sense how am I to understand it?" He asked. Confusion in his voice. "Nobody has ever been nice to me before. In eighteen and a half years...not one person has been nice. I'm nineteen now." He said softly. Fate? Fate brought them together?<span style="font-style: italic">It could be fate that brought us together. You said you wanted someone there for you and to see past what you put up. What if I am that person.</span>Her words echoing in his mind. What if she was? What if she was and he chased her off without meaning to? It would destroy him further to gain a grain of hope and shred it into pieces too tiny to hold even a grain of salt. "Maybe. We'll see. It is hopeful thinking." He said. Meaning for him not for her.<br/><br/>His lips twitched for a microsecond as he heard she would let him walk her home. He walked with her outside. "I won't. I am going to protect you." He said simply. "You want to be my friend despite my hesitation so I'm going to protect you as a thank you." He said simply. He saw the fear and smelled it soon as they got outside and began to walk. He blinked as she clung to his arm. He wrapped it to her a bit. Showing a sign of kindness even though his facial expression stayed the same. She was scared. He could smell it. He could see it. Yet he didn't judge her for it. He walked with her. "Where are we going? Don't worry...I'll protect you." He said again. "That is an interesting saying you have there." He said. He heard it due to his wolf like hearing. He was sleeping outside in his wolf form. "If you want me to stay I will. Otherwise I'll probably just go curl up as a wolf in the park."