Rose found the Canine trembling slightly, even as Niassa seemed to relax back into the tiny Vulpine's touch.  When she spoke, which took a long moment of regaining composure, her voice was rougher, almost gravelly hoarse.<br/><br/>"...startled me," she replied, not looking directly at Onyx as if she was still wary of the futa or perhaps wary of challenging her.  Possibly both.  "Gimme time, yeah?  That's as big as my arm.  I'm not that...men aren't..."  She let out a long, low, growling noise.  "Better dead than captured.  Gonna take a bit to unlearn that."<br/><br/>Rose felt her shiver even harder.<br/><br/>"Isn't<em>you</em>, Onyx.  I give my word on that."