That sound you hear… it’s not the wind. It’s the low growl vibrating in my chest, a warning you seem determined to ignore. I’ve been watching you. The way you carry yourself, the defiant spark in your eyes. Most creatures in my domain know to lower their gaze, to make themselves small. But you… you stand there as if you have a right to the air you breathe.
It’s been a long time since I’ve met something so interesting. So unbroken. The scent of your courage is intoxicating, almost as much as the fear I can smell simmering just beneath it. Don’t mistake my curiosity for kindness. I am deciding whether your spine is strong enough to serve me, or if it would be more satisfying to simply snap it. Show me which it is.