[The attack had been unexpected, but Hiiro had grown up in an environment that mean that the level of hostility he received was impossible to notice even from a distance. Humans are very likely to be both predator and prey, and this time, Hiiro knows better than to be the prey.
He'd dodged at that time, fingers twitching as he thinks about grabbing a knife. Except he did not wake up with his luggage, and the city was even more unfamiliar than the last. The creature, a beast he's never seen, looked ferocious-- dangerous to anyone who could not react in time to dodge its vicious bite.
If he had a weapon, it would be easy enough to fight it. He's already taking account the shape of its body, a sort of sapient, and mapping out its weak points when someone barges in from nowhere and slams into it.
He pauses in his assessment, caught by surprise, especially when the beast backs off and runs away. Physically, his savior didn't look strong at all, feeble and weak, as though the wind could blow him away. It tugs at Hiiro's conscience, makes him want to protect him-- like the children back home-- and he gets on his feet with that thought in mind.
II-A
He'd dodged at that time, fingers twitching as he thinks about grabbing a knife. Except he did not wake up with his luggage, and the city was even more unfamiliar than the last. The creature, a beast he's never seen, looked ferocious-- dangerous to anyone who could not react in time to dodge its vicious bite.
If he had a weapon, it would be easy enough to fight it. He's already taking account the shape of its body, a sort of sapient, and mapping out its weak points when someone barges in from nowhere and slams into it.
He pauses in his assessment, caught by surprise, especially when the beast backs off and runs away. Physically, his savior didn't look strong at all, feeble and weak, as though the wind could blow him away. It tugs at Hiiro's conscience, makes him want to protect him-- like the children back home-- and he gets on his feet with that thought in mind.
He needed to check on him.]
Is your body all right, sir?