Maria gave a hiss of warning as Shakar patted Fredrico on the back, letting everyone present know exactly what she thought of him.  Or anyone getting near either of them, for that matter.  A moment later, Maria tilted her head in Ris' direction, lifting her left true hand in a very human seeming wave before returning it back to Fredrico's shoulder.  At Fredrico's explanation of her presence there, she quite deliberately curled her tail gently around Fredrico's left arm for a moment before curling it back up again.<br/><br/>Humans had been deliberately mislead for centuries by her People and she wasn't going to take any chances with the gathered group of various species.  While they all seemed mind blind to her, some of them were harder to read than others, and she intended to pass along her concerns when the two of them were alone again.