[Perhaps not, though Ben is holding himself very small and tense while he braces to take a hit that never comes. Ears back and eyes barely slitted open, he doesn't move for even a few moments after nothing happens and Rhade is talking to him.
He opens his eyes, whiskers twitching forward and sniffing back in unconscious confirmation, but doesn't relax otherwise just yet.]
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He opens his eyes, whiskers twitching forward and sniffing back in unconscious confirmation, but doesn't relax otherwise just yet.]
Rhade. ...I can't say I'm surprised.