@giaunt continued from here
His entire body had been left trembling as he’d glanced back in the direction of the storage room. He had decided to leave it alone for the moment, go without dinner, leave the human in the food cellar until he figured out what to do.
Even quicker than the fear was a sense of guilt. And as it seeped into his heart and mind he began to wonder: Humans were supposed to be terrifying, but he was almost sure that this one, at least for an instant as he had left, had looked about as terrified as he felt. Had she been saying something? He hadn’t understood what had been said under the sound of his own yelp and the fear that took over. Whatever the human had said was foreign and strange.
And that had led him, ever so shakily, to perhaps the most insane thing he had ever done…
Sunlight was barely streaming in when Circos slowly opened the cellar door. Red hair was a mess from tossing and turning and not sleeping. He knelt down carefully, bringing himself to his knees when he didn't see the human where he'd left her the night before. Not that he had slept at all. ...But he had gone through a few books, looking at old spells. He had found one for communication, and now, as softly as he could, he spoke, “I...I apologize...”
He hoped the spell worked as he watched her slowly emerge. Maybe drawn out by the scrap of bread he held out now like he was dealing with some skittish animal. Even if he was certainly the more skittish one.
Circos set the bread down on the floor, pulling his hand back as slowly as he dared, trying not to move too quickly. Honestly he thought he might faint when she spoke and he actually understood it. He sucked in a breath feeling just a little glad for the way she kept a distance.
All he could seem to do was nod. It was for her. But then she asked if it was poisoned and he shook his head first, “No… I - I wouldn’t be eating it…if it was.”
This felt insane. Maybe he was insane. Talking to a human of all things. He should be catching her. Shooing her off. Something. Not feeding her when she could kill him.