The gnome took Leera completely by surprise and she blinked. "You can pet him if he lets you." She stated, cooling down from her earlier rage. Embre stepped forward, enamored by the woman who would compliment him so. Of course he did not understand the words, no, but he did pick up on her tone, like most animals and her body language. Both told him she was not a threat to him or his master and brought his guard down from where it had been with Tycho. He reached his head out and sniffed her hand and then roughly went to thrust his head under her hand to demand pets.<br/><br/>Leera watched Tycho and scoffed before flicking her gaze to the alley where he looked and saw the same figure. This caused the woman to stand and rouse Embre, who had been completely taken with the little Gnome, to now pay attention to the man approaching them. Well, she assumed it was a male and nodded to herself as she saw she was right once he got close enough. She kept a hand on Embre's shoulder and stood at the ready, her hand just above her shoulder, ready to grab quarterstaff or spear, depending on how much of a threat she deemed the man to be. Embre did as was asked and extracted himself from the Gnome and looked toward the new comer.<br/><br/>Leera quirked an eyebrow when the man spoke and she almost laughed. "This had better be good." She grumbled and removed her hand from over her shoulder and eyed the man. She wouldn't speak yet, no one had made her leader. She would see what the others would do, but she had a good mind to ignore the man. Embre snarled lowly and his tail flicked to and fro, he did not like this demanding man for some reason. Leera picked up on this and watched her animal and the man, waiting.