gondolindrim | She's going to eat my cat!

Nuala: *out minding her own business, looking for the last few supplies she needs before she can start making things to sell in her shop*

Dagnir: *rubs up against her legs* Mrowl?

Nuala: *jolts* Och, you startled me there. *crouches down and scratches Dagnir behind the ears* What are you doing today? I hope you don't have another dead body for me to find.

Dagnir: *paws against her leg and rises up for better petting instead of confirming a corpse or not*

Theo: *was out getting his own supplies and hears Dagnir's noises* ... hey! Get your hands off him!

Nuala: *looks up and glowers, but doesn't stop petting Dagnir* Why? He seems to like it.

Theo: Well, he's a cat. He doesn't know he's in danger of being skinned and eaten *grabs up Dagnir*

Dagnir: *protesting noise!*

Nuala: *stands and brushes her hands together* You think I'd want to eat him? A cat?

Theo: Dunlenders eat anything they can kill. *holds Dagnir close, protectively*

Dagnir: *little cat sigh, once again huge and horrible looking and way scarier than Theo*

Nuala: We do not! But I wouldn't expect a boy from Rohan to know any better.

Theo: I'm a man and I know more than you.

Nuala: Are you really? I wouldn't have expected a man to look so scared.

Theo: *glares* Just leave my cat alone. And you better not be found near any more bodies, Dunlender.

Nuala: *defensive* I didn't kill that dwarf. Your cat found me and led me to the body.

Theo: That's ridiculous. You can't even come up with a good lie?

Nuala: I don't have to, because I'm telling the truth. *crosses her arms*

Theo: *snorts* Sure. I know about Dunlenders, you don't tell the truth.

Nuala: What do you know about us, exactly? Apart from the stories your brutish kin have told you?

Theo: We're the brutes?

Nuala: Aye. Your people are the ones who drove us from our homes, and now you call us savages because we live the way we do.

Theo: You mean your murdering, thieving, and siding with dark lords?

Nuala: You're one to talk! You horsemen kill us without remorse! I bet you'd kill me right now if you thought you could get away with it. *frowning* And I don't know anything about any dark lord.

Theo: *back stiffens* I'd do no such thing! I'm in more danger from YOU.

Nuala: Wouldn't you? Horsemen revel in the blood of Dunland.

Theo: I'm not a murderer!

Nuala: Nor am I!

Theo: Then what were you doing there? Running after stealing something?

Nuala: I've stolen nothing nor killed anyone. I've done no harm to a soul since I came here.

Theo: I don't particularly believe that.

Nuala: That doesn't really matter to me. What I said is still true, regardless of your beliefs.

Theo: Just stay out of trouble. *after a thought* And away from my cat.

Nuala: * blithely* If you're so concerned about your cat, tell him to stay away from me instead of the other way around. He's the one who seeks me out.

Theo: He's a CAT.

Nuala: He's smarter than you.

Theo: *realizes yelling 'shut up!' isn't exactly an argument winner and turns on his heel to walk away*