<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">{{No problem stealth; r/l always comes first. Thank you for all the fun you brought to the game. You're welcome back any time.  <img alt=":D" src="./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" title="Very Happy"/> }}<br/><br/>{{I've also been busy lately (seems that many of us are). Which is ironic, because I actually have inspiration for another big "Elsewhere in Armel" expository post that will be both vore-tastic and plot-thickening. I just haven't have much time to sit down and work on it--and whenever I do have time, I'm in a foul mood from being overworked and it saps my creative spirit (not to mention my libido |3 ). }}<br/><br/>{{Just give me another week, and I promise that things will clear up and we'll get back up to speed. For those who want to post before then let me stress again that the layout of the Inn has been fully described and I've assured you that nothing unexpected will happen. You can post without waiting for a response from me; we don't need to play action-description-action-description tennis.}}</div></div></div><br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Chrrou wrote:</cite>"Hey... Lin. That gryphon in there sounds pretty mad... make sure to stay out of sight until we're through the common room again, at least,</div></blockquote><br/>"Mm!" she nods in agreement. She certainly doesn't want to meet that monster again.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>"Heshaar?" repeats Lin reverently upon hearing the dire wolf's name. "He's your<span style="font-style: italic">companion</span>?" she says, puzzled. "How does that work? ...I mean, he's a...and you're a little..."<br/>She vividly recalls the thought she had had when Kahmori carried her into the stables and she first spotted Heshaar:<span style="font-style: italic">"those jaws are huge enough to take me in one bite, without even stretching..."</span><br/><br/>Finally she just blurts out what she is thinking. "Aren't you worried he'll eat you?"<br/><br/>Almost as soon as the question is out she feels a little silly for having asked. Of course Chrrou isn't worried. He would not have used the word "companion" if there was any danger. And he's clearly no novice when it comes to consorting with preds.<br/>Yet she still can't figure this out. Making an ally out of a sapient pred like Kahmori or Geno is one thing; they can be reasoned with using words. A giant feral lupine, on the other hand...how does a mouse take himself off the menu long enough to even<span style="font-style: italic">begin</span>such a friendship?<br/><br/><br/>Lin peers cautiously at Heshaar as they enter the stables, her curious young mind whirring. She watches as the round-bellied lupine responds to Chrrou's whistle like a faithful (half-ton!) hound.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Chrrou finds a straight razor lying on the center of the floor and detects the scent of kobold on Heshaar's breath.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Nocke had been nestled in the hay-bed next to the wolfess, enjoying the heat of her abdomen. Now he hops to his feet, flutters over to land on Chrrou's shoulder and begins preening his flight feathers.<br/><span style="font-weight: bold">*breeee-<span style="font-style: italic">ee-ee</span>*</span>he trills in greeting.