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His slender ears pricked up a little, it was coming closer? He snorted, twisting and struggling more violently his eyes wide.. Until he heard the voice.. He swallowed grimacing just a little as he turned his head just a little to look over his shoulder where the voice had come from.. And whimpered.. Was that a panda..? They ate meat when they got the chance.. He made another soft distressed noise, wiping at the corner of one of his eyes. He was unsure as to whether he should believe the words the colourful thing spoke.. But it didn't really matter now either way, he had been caught, hadn't he..?
"I don't kn-know that do I..?"

The equine didn't dare to look at the panda in all honesty, not yet at least.. He had a scary amount of strength from what he had gathered, ripping the root up. He felt a little bad for the tree in hind-sight.
He said that he didn't eat horses.. He wanted to trust him, he didn't often get the chance to make friends outside of his somewhat disfunctional 'herd', and soon his eyes were drifting sideways towards the panda again. He rested a hand up on his chest with a frown. Heart attack..? "Oh.." He said, seeing what the panda had meant.. His heart was still going a mile a minute, and he held his breath for a little while, though all too soon it had come rushing back out again in a hiss. "I'm sure.. Sure it''ll slow.. SLow down again in time.." The corner of his mouth twitched just a little as his eyes dared to drift a little further up to very briefly make eye contact with the other man before darting down again.

The equine tucked his legs up a little, rubbing at the ankle of the foot he had caught under the root through the thick leather of his long boots trying to ease the ache. He laid his ears back just a little at the other males words, leaning away from him a little. He made him uneasy, he evidently wasn't trying to quell the fears and uneasy feelings.. He was starting to feel that this sort of person would kill him for the fun of it.. He started to get up to his feet, a little wobbly, "I doubt that very much unless I had been injured.. Us equines wouldn't have lasted very long at all in the scheme of things if we'd let fat bears kill us at every oppertunity.." He frowned, speaking softly, as was normal to him. He never raised his voice.

Briar frowned, keeping his eyes down, "Guns.. They always throw a spanner in the works.. It's cheat if your hunting.." He had no intention of stopping the panda if he was going to leave as he gingerly tested his foot then lifted it again swiftly, trying to tread down again and taking a small limping step. He held onto the rough bark of the tree and tried another step.. Not quite so bad, he sighed, but when he got home he's have to put ice on it. He shuddered, then endure being mothered by the shire horse. "Fat bear's haven't got a chance in hell.." He muttered as he took another step away from what he had decided was a fairly unsavoury character. "I don't see why you couldn't have said hello like any other person would have."

The goth gave the panda a world weary look over his shoulder from his dark surrounded eyes, the many ear-rings clinking gently as he carefully rested his injured foot against the ground on the toes of the boot, like a horse at rest would. "It's a little late for that now, isn't it..?" He sighed, flicking his long tail to the side, out of the way of his feet. It didn't make him feel better, only mocked, and all too soon he hung his head, turning his face from the other anthro again. He'd never been good at confrontation, and he simply chose to stay quiet this time before he embarrassed himself, black painted fingernails digging gently into the bark of the tree he held onto.

Briar kept his head dipped, his face only fractionally hidden by his fairly short hair.. The braid didn't count.. He took a slightly shaky breath and pointed in the direction of the home he shared with the other anthros, "In that direction.. I'm not sure.. How f-far it is, far enough to run there." He turned his face just a little to see what the panda was up to, then a slightly frightened look crossed his features. He had just told him where he lived! Where his family was! Had that really been such a good idea? He squeezed his eyes shut. "I should never have gotten out of bed this morning.." He mumbled under his breath. It had been a truly rotten day for him so far. And he's chipped his nail-varnish which was bad enough, but he just knew that on top of it all his eyeliner and lipstick probably wanted adjusting. He must have looked a real fright. Tentatively he shifted again, cautiously touching his face to see if he could tell..

Briar startled a little as his questing hand was grabbed and his arm tugged over the panda's hard shoulders. He moved to try and twist away from him before he realised what it was the other male was doing, and slowly he relaxed even going as far as offering the male an appreciative albeit slightly nervous smile. "Thank you.." He said quietly, letting the panda take some of his weight, though it had to be said, he wasn't a particularly heavy or tall person. He smiled just a little more, the black lips parting a little "After you..?" He gingerly took a small hobbling step in the right direction, before screwing his face up just a little in thought, "You never gave me your name, did you..?"