The vulpari didn't falter or lowered their sharply pointed spears when the leader of the little gathering was listening to Razor. Eponine could see the animal curiously glancing over towards her, his eyes going from her bright blue eyes to her painfully throbbing shoulder, which seemed to be looking unhealthier with every passing second. She managed to muster up a smile, whilst a tear of pain slowly found its way over her cheek, only adding to the sheer vulnerability of her being. The other vulpari had been taking note of her shoulder, and as she looked to her right, she could see one of them mumbling to its kin whilst gently pointing towards her wounds.<br/><br/>However concerned and troubled the looks Eponine was getting, the vulpari seemed very uneasy about the claws and overall appearance of the Ramen in their midst. Something that was evident when the little leader turned his attention towards her and asked her, much more kindly this time.<br/><br/>''Is you wid him out uh free will? and be he rappin' de trud? ''<br/><br/>The young priestess frowned at the strange words, wondering what to think of it, when it suddenly dawned her. He was asking if Razor had been holding her captive, it must have been a strange sight to see a young girl in the company of a Ramen. Their races were mean to be sworn enemies towards each other, and many a stories told about Ramen holding human females captive to breed and reproduce children for their race.<br/><br/>''Yes, yes I am! He has saved me from a big pig-faced monster that tried capturing me, and he has saved me from the vines when we fell out of the sky from that ugly bird-thing in the swamp.''<br/><br/>Eponine rambled on, confusing the little foxman only more, but as she pointed with her good hand towards the sky and towards the still sinking, already halfdead sinking kyper-dragon, the Vulpari seemed to understand her words. He looked over at Razor, pointing at him, just to make sure as he asked her again.<br/><br/>''So, he is a decent Ramen then? An' yo' both need he'p fum kaizzu?''<br/><br/>Eponine nodded her head quickly, making sure the vulpari knew that Razor had not been abducting her. She had to smile at the sight of all those concerned fox-faces, all the while Razor could still feel the tips of the spears around his neck, until their leader raised his hand and indicated to lower the weapons. He seemed to smile brightly now as well, as his kin relaxed, finally able to curiously look at the strange duo before them.<br/><br/>''Yer now in th' proteckshun of ou' Vulpari. ah's so'ry fo' our rude intryduckshun, but we had t'make sho'nuff yer not a slave, an' thet th' Ramen has fine intenshuns. Eff'n yer hankerin' we kin take yo' t'our village an' heal thet sh'der of yo', as fine as other woun's. ''<br/><br/>The leader turned around and was about to jump over to a branch, whilst one of his brothers offered a hand to Eponine to help her get on their way with her wounded shoulder without falling out of the tree. One of the vulpari warriors even looked up to the towering figure of the Ramen and stood there wondering if she should offer a hand to help him, or just let him be. She even pointed at his eyes, and muttered something in their language, which elicited a laugh and a nod from one of her brothers. The leader however stopped midway, as if her had remembered something, and turned round again, holding his spear whilst balancing on a rather thin branch to bow down before Eponine.<br/><br/>''Oh, an' ah fo'got. Mah name is Tama Wirimu. Warrio' of th' Vu'pari. ''<br/><br/>Eponine smiled, taking the hand of the warrior offering her help, and answered;<br/><br/>''Thank you for helping us, Tama Wirimu. We would be honoured to visit your village, and my name is Eponine and this is Razor''<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>