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Before being able to reply to the human in the tree, he is tackled by his friend and pinned to a tree.
"Gansu, you blind drunken fool, it is I, Arctodus! Unpaw me this instant or I shall use physical force against you!" Arctodus roared at Gansu, holding back and not slapping him in the face with a heavy paw. Arctodus, embarrassed by his friend's public drunkenness and display of idiocy, let out a growl and spoke to the human above him. "Apologies, human female, he is not usually like this. I am searching for a bag of mine, it is of much importance, have you seen it?"

Letting out a burp so loud it could rival the gods themselves, he drunkenly falls on his a** and takes the clipped monocle and places it back on his right eye. "That's 'little bet'ah. Sorry 'bout that" Gansu thinks about maybe laying off the sauce for a a while. An overwhelming feeling erupts from his belly through his snout and finally all over the snow. "Oh kay.. no more for today" Feeling sick, he at least has the decency to turn himself so the female present can't bear further witness to his embarrassment.

Arctodus closed his eyes and grimaced, his friend humiliating him even further in front of a stranger. He will be alright, he just needs to sober up some.. Ah, you said you are a shifter? I have never met one of your kind in person, only read about them in books. But, I do believe proper introductions are required."
He rose himself up as tall as he could, a proper display of power and bearliness. He took a bow as he spoke, "I am Lord Arctodus Tremarctini, of the High House of Tremarctos, third son of Arctoth the Brave. This here is my friend and colleague, Gansu, of House Ailuropoda. And with whom do we make honorable greeting with?"

With a firm wap with his paw to his own face he regains a bit of his sobriety. "He got me talking about my younger years, so I figured I'd pay my respects to my fallen comrades with a drink. Looks like I went a bit overboarrrr...." the overwhelming feeling of intoxication revealed itself once again in the form of a few wobbles and falling back on his furry butt once again. "I'm normally not like this. Tell 'em Arctodus..."

"Right, Gansu, let us be off. T'would be wise to get to city before nightfall." Arctodus set down upon all fours and began lumbering back down the road to Estinthas. Striking up conversation with their new travelling companion, Arctodus questions the Lady Cyntheria.
"May I inquire as to your studies? Gansu and I are bears of science, I only fear that our ideal endeavors might bore one not mechanically inclined."
He spoke with as much politeness as could be afforded; unaware of her rank in her society or family, Arctodus does not wish to belittle himself in front of someone who might be of a lower class than he.