<div class="floatleft">(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t295/JoanieSappho/burd_zpss5n6r6f4.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 16pt;">Torikai</span>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=237289.msg11683863#msg11683863)<br/><strong>Location</strong>: Meeting Place<br/><strong>Tagging</strong>: All, Riku, Tabitha, Renoa<br/><hr/>Torikai stiffend in surprise when Riku moved between them, her building wind abruptly cutting itself off when he enveloped her in a hug, although she kept her eyes fixed on the hellhound. Just because Torikai wouldn't do anything with a human - especially her one - in the middle was no guarantee that Renoa would hold herself back as well, after all.<br/><br/>Instead of continued aggression, though, what she saw was rather more satisfying, even if Torikai didn't seem to have been the one to cause it. So, the dog was sensitive about her current situation? Torikai supposed it made sense - dogs tended to need an owner, after all, and being reminded that she didn't have one must hurt Renoa.<br/><br/>For most people, this realization would cause some concern or, at least, awkwardness at seeing her run off like that, but Torikai was well aware that she was rather less compassionate than most other tengu, and humans seemed to be little different than her people, at least in that regard. Still, she didn't feel the usual satisfaction that she had expected to enjoy at the sight of a challenger slinking off with tears in her eyes.<br/><br/>With a sigh, she let herself relax in Riku's arms. "Go ... go make sure she's fine," she muttered, not liking this faint, irritating sympathy she was feeling. "I suppose you can say sorry to her," she added quietly.