[ Oh, it's a girl. Alberto can't exactly tell what age she is, looks closer to his own, that much he can tell. They scare easily, don't they? Like Giulia. He's not trying to frighten her on purpose, but it might happen, and bad things always follow the screams.
Alberto worries at his bottom lip with shark-like teeth, realizing that acting as if he's not here won't work, she's already speaking to him. Curling his tail closer against himself, and trying to stay as far into the shadows as he can, he answers back with a cheerfulness he doesn't feel at all. ]
I'm fine! It's nothing! [ And then he adds more hurriedly and with a hint of anxiety as she comes closer; ] You should get out of the rain before it gets worse.
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Alberto worries at his bottom lip with shark-like teeth, realizing that acting as if he's not here won't work, she's already speaking to him. Curling his tail closer against himself, and trying to stay as far into the shadows as he can, he answers back with a cheerfulness he doesn't feel at all. ]
I'm fine! It's nothing! [ And then he adds more hurriedly and with a hint of anxiety as she comes closer; ] You should get out of the rain before it gets worse.