Marcus seeing something move from the corner of his eyes pulls the drawstring back, his index finger pointing with the arrow at the humanoid shape. His voice loud but nervous "sStop!... ddon't move... I'll shoot I practiced...." muttering to himself "shut up they don't need to know that!"<br/>He pauses a moment seeing that the person is holding a gun... "Wait.. gun.. person.. human... person..." His voice becoming louder again... "Are.. are you real?...and.. human?" His internal monologue is kicking him once more "What do you expect a figment of your imagination to say? No I'm not? fuck if it's imagination then at least you will have company in the asylum"<br/>He keeps his eyes on the... girl? it's a woman. Well if he is going crazy then at least he didn't get stuck with some bullying jock.<br/><br/>The drawstring is starting to bite in his fingers, even with the cold he can feel that. Really need to buy a compound bow when the next paycheck comes in.<br/><br/>"Listen.. my fingers are going numb so I'm going to lower this bow... like don't shoot kay?"... "I'm Marcus"<br/>He slowly lowers the bow and gently eases the drawstring before removing his fingers from it and flexing them to get some blood back in to it. The arrow remains notched for a quick pull and release but seeing as his potential adversary has a gun.. it probably wouldn't do much. Still if she shoots at least his misery will be over.<br/><br/>Unbeknownst to Marcus and Annalisa something else has also heard their voices. In the alley next to John's apartment a squat gray and white figure emerges. Standing about a meter tall (3ft and a bit for you imperial types) It has snow-white bristling hair running from his head down his spine. A thick skin seems to protect it from the cold. Large eyes and leech like mouth give this... thing an unusual look. It's legs are framed with thick muscles ready for jumping on it's prey. Unfortunately for it, the bright light reflected of the snow is causing it quite some grief as it is squinting. It's large pointy ears swiveling this way and that to locate the source of the two voices. Being at the right angle it does mean that the only person capable of seeing it is John at the moment.<br/><br/>Following the noise the creature moves silently through the snow to it's prey. It's white hair giving it some camouflage in the snow.