@Teiran!
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For a long while, all he heard was the rush of blood past his ears and the crisp snow beneath his hooves. His breath frosted and rose into the air, and his warm red eyes traced it up to the sky, where it eventually dissipated.
But as with all good things and peace, it must end. Aside from the crunch of snow beneath his own hooves, he suddenly heard someone else's presence behind him. Before he even turned around, the spines upon his chest snapped loudly shut.. the sound something akin to the maw of an alligator doing just the same. The teeth settled in between each other, fitting perfectly - and it was only then that he turned, the peace and warmth gone from his eyes and ears slicked back against the arching crest of his crown.
His lips set into a thin, unamused line as he regarded the marwari cross that now shared the Colosseum with him. There was nothing more than a heavy silence as he looked upon her, and a brief memory flashed into his mind - the elks. He saw her when he, Solis, and the others herded the elks. From that, he assumed she was indeed Solterran - but there was no way to confirm unless she spoke to confirm such. And even if she did, it wouldn't lessen the tension that set into his shoulders.
Slowly, the Titan turned to fully face her head on. He had not forgotten her words, but he had yet to really respond to them - instead, he was taking to simply observing her. She was far smaller than he, although her demeanor was as solid and frigid as they come. Not a particularly bad trait, but...
Oh. That collar.
Bloody eyes settled heavily on the silver collar that lay about her throat. The cold, calculating demeanor. There were too many similarities for him not to think it. Was she related to Seraphina in some way, or was he simply wrong and this just happened to be an (un)happy coincidence?
And then his eyes lifted to hers once more, the Third upon his forehead opened starkly - its gaze feverish and trained on hers. The silence between them only grew heavier, even as he took a single step forward, closing the large distance between them (the Colosseum was truly massive, after all) by a minute foot or two.
With his words, with his step, the spines upon his chest once again cracked open - a small sliver of blood red seen amidst the ivory of his pelt. "Is it something you planned on taking advantage of?" he questioned, voice hoarse in the frigidity of the air; his equally as sharp gaze not leaving her own.
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