[ There's a moment when Maine is shocked into utter stillness. Could he have avoided the pet to his head? Sure. Did he? No, because he didn't think anyone would pet him on the fucking head.
The shock is chased by anger, and the anger pulls his lips back as a growl builds in his chest. Maine isn't a touchy-feely person on the best of days. To be patted on the head by a total stranger is unacceptable.
Suffice to say, it's a good thing that Church introduces himself when he does. Otherwise, that anger may well have manifested in Maine lashing out with those long, deadly-looking claws. As it is, the transformed Freelancer just sort of … twitches. Twitches hard enough that his claws scrape through his own name, digging deep gouges in the dirt.
It says something to how expressive Maine's face can be (when he's not opting for stoicism) that, even as a wolf-thing, the look he gives Church practically screams, "You fucking ass."
Maine pulls his claws out of the dirt and shakes out his paw, then cocks his head slightly as he regards the strange form Church is in. Then he holds a paw out flat and raises it high: "tall." ]
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The shock is chased by anger, and the anger pulls his lips back as a growl builds in his chest. Maine isn't a touchy-feely person on the best of days. To be patted on the head by a total stranger is unacceptable.
Suffice to say, it's a good thing that Church introduces himself when he does. Otherwise, that anger may well have manifested in Maine lashing out with those long, deadly-looking claws. As it is, the transformed Freelancer just sort of … twitches. Twitches hard enough that his claws scrape through his own name, digging deep gouges in the dirt.
It says something to how expressive Maine's face can be (when he's not opting for stoicism) that, even as a wolf-thing, the look he gives Church practically screams, "You fucking ass."
Maine pulls his claws out of the dirt and shakes out his paw, then cocks his head slightly as he regards the strange form Church is in. Then he holds a paw out flat and raises it high: "tall." ]