Chrrou staggers a little from the friendly slap on the back, startledly jabbing himself in the leg with the tip of his wand as he tries to put it away, but he doesn't seem bothered; if he were less distracted, he'd spare the kitsune a grin. In druidic company, he's survived rougher shows of affection. For now, though, his comments go unanswered as he, yet approaching, glowers at Rihyan, or more properly glowers at the interposing incapacitated vulpine-taur's unswallowed bulk.<br/><br/>"We come here and find Geno practically in pieces, dead on his feet, and before so much as<span style="font-style: italic">finding out what happened</span>you start stuffing your face?! And you as--<span style="font-style: italic">possessive</span>as you seem to be about 'food', I'd think you'd have a better sense for..." Abruptly, Chrrou pauses himself, finding some of his momentum lost, and suffers the curious realization that what he's venting is less honest rebuke than the stress at the thought of Geno gone or dead that hasn't worked itself out of his system yet. Easier to lash out at SOMEthing, but...<br/><br/>Wandering closer, moving to stand to Rihyan's side so that the centaur can at least catch his gaze sidewise, Chrrou sighs a little, shifting in his clothes, disguising as best he can the eternal shaking that plagues his body in quiet moments. "Look," he murmurs more quietly. "I know you're not from the same... the same background, and maybe you're used to seeing something like<span style="font-style: italic">that</span>," he jerks a thumb toward Nurkisi, "as just food, but she's... She's just not really<span style="font-style: italic">yours</span>to dispose of." He takes a breath, chews on a delicate phrase, and pushes on more quietly, "And this bit's up to you-- but... we don't hardly<span style="font-style: italic">know</span>you, not yet. A little consideration goes a long way in people's heads. 'S a lot easier to welcome someone in who's willing to back off a little when everybody says back off, even when there's nobody to<span style="font-style: italic">make</span>them do it..." Heaven only knows he's had enough of his own misgivings about the thought of the centaur being made a more long-term part of their accompaniment, but impressions, he considers, need room to change.<br/><br/><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;"><blockquote><div><cite>Praexon wrote:</cite>{{I've decided, somewhat on a whim, that from now on only half of the damage dealt to a pred's interior will be subtracted from their HP. Having preds be in real danger of getting killed from within seems unfaithful to the source material.}}</div></blockquote><br/><br/>{{I think this is a good ruling. I was kind of concerned about how perilous a proposition swallowing a living prey seemed after this most recent episode, but hadn't yet decided on whether I'd considered it thoroughly enough to broach the topic! For clarification, though, I'm curious: as for the amount of damage that must be dealt from inside by a prey to induce premature egestion, does this ruling effectively double it, or does the difficulty of the ordeal from the prey's perspective remain unchanged? I imagine the second, but I'd like to be sure.}}<br/><br/>{{HungryCentaur, it's pleasant to hear your explanation of things. On the other hand, you can probably see where some of the reaction comes from. Not knowing how long to wait is a question better solved by asking the DM rather than making the decision by oneself. When I felt I needed a reaction from Sashi, that's what I had to do. Incidentally, Praexon quoted me that one-week figure:<br/><blockquote><div><cite>Praexon wrote:</cite>One of the rules I stated early in the thread was that players will be given a generous amount of time (roughly a week) to respond; after that the game will move on without them and the DM will make assumptions about their actions as necessary.</div></blockquote><br/>Beyond that, my criticism rests more on the subjective, but I have to stand by my OOC comments in that, while you may have been acting in good faith, evidence seemed at the time to suggest otherwise. Saying 'there's a reason I have been having him eat her so slow', with its implication that you've been showing consideration all along, is all well and good now, but that's not the impression that was given by your earlier 'part of the reason Rihyan is eating Nurkisi is that I want the game to continue', and similarly justifying oneself by the fact that a player has 'not objected to Rihyan's actions either in game or by PM' kind of admits that one is doing something potentially objectionable... but it furthermore assumes that the onus is on the other player to object, rather than on the potentially-offending player to confirm beforehand, where I feel it belongs. That's just my two copper-pieces, though, and in light of your explanation I do have to apologize for the harshness of my previous criticism's tone. Admittedly, seeing you use as defense the fact that you had not received OOC objection ... kind of opened the floodgates on the question of whether one was justified in offering OOC objection!}}</div></div></div>