The striped Ygnon blinked in surprise at her words. It was not in his nature to snap, nor to growl, and so he simply shrugged and said, "Without newness there is no life." Although sageness was not quite in his nature either. His ears dropped slightly and his long tail lashed, his head rising somewhat indignantly. It was the closest he would get to true anger. Who was she that any of it really mattered? He chanced a peek at his striped coat and shrugged. Hunting had never been unmanageable, although it was notably harder for him than for one that blended in with the surroundings. Still, it had never mattered much to him, and it did puzzle him as to why it seemed as if it mattered more to this female than it did to him.