ORIGIN - Huh? Huh wuh?

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Chunky friend (or friend Chunky) let out a noise that was not quite snicker or giggle, or perhaps even laugh. "Yyyyeah. Like that." Sure.

But they couldn't compromise the rapport they'd just built - and perhaps secured! - As they traveled deeper into the growling guts of Draco. Despite the convenient meat shield, Snicker found themselves trying to peek from behind Chunky's fat legs, something prickling across their spine no matter how safe they thought they were.

An incidental glance back, to check how far they'd wandered from the tunnel, netted an unexpected result.

"ARRROUUUUUWW!" The sound ripped from Snicker's throat as they leaped several feet in the air, fluffing to twice their size as they shot over Chunky, scrabbling painlessly past quills and over his plated back to hide behind his rump.

"UM! HELLO! LARGETHING!" It blurted, unsure of whether it was a good time to start saving face.

@Chunky

Coincidently, as soon as he glanced behind to see if he was getting too far ahead, he, too, notice the Sentinel just kinda standing there. He suddenly stopped moving, only reacting when Snicker suddenly leaped over him. Um, were they playing a new game?

He looked back at the sentinel, tail beginning a bit of a wag from curiosity. "Hi, hiiii!" he rumbled moving forward, ears twisting up. "Are you a Snicker-friend, too? Wow, Snicker, you really do have lots of friends!" He didn't actually realize that Snicker had been trying to hide. His head tilted, blank eyes blinking slowly as that snail-paced brain worked to catch up with the situation. "Largething is a cool name! I'm Snicker's Friend Chunky. Are we friends now too?"

He looked delighted at the thought, wow he'd only been here for a few minutes and already he had two new friends!

@The Sentinel

The Sentinel leaned back slightly at the sudden startled feline yowl. It was surprise. He hadn't meant to shock anyone, and had actually forgotten they didn't know he was there, so the reaction jolted him probably almost as much as his sudden appearance had jolted them.

"...Hello," he managed after a moment. It was an echoed reply, puzzled almost, like he was still piecing together the whole "oh, I snuck up on them accidentally" thing. His hand tightened and loosened absently around the halberd haft as he worked his way through that thought, and then he focused on them.

"It does not know a... Snicker." He'd probably heard it mentioned in the conversation and it'd just gotten lost somewhere in the thing he called a "brain" perched between his weirdly shaped ears. And now he heard it again, and it took him a minute to figure out what the child was saying. "Ahh. They are Snicker. Chunky. It is The Sentinel. Perhaps they will become friends. The Sentinel ensures safety. It will watch," he informed them both. But there was no threat to him; any ominousness to his looming a bit behind them wasn't deliberate. He was just sort of absently... present. Present, but absent.

Prabsent, if you will.

@Snicker

Balancing delicately on Chunky's spine, they did a graceful twirl in order to face the Sentinel. Chunkyfriend could not be trusted with diplomacy.

With the Snicker's new vantage point, the immediate terror was quelled some. The stranger didn't seem quite as tall with their loyal friend doing their duty as stepping stool. But Chunky hadn't gotten the memo, apparently. When he turned to face the Sentinel, it took Snicker a moment to realise it'd have to move again.

They moved so that the correct end was facing the newcomer. "Helloooo!" They purred, tilting their head at an angle to fully soak in the valkhound.

"Sentinel... Doesn't sound like your name, Largething," They suggested.

@Chunky

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