[Funkduder]

Averad looked in amazement as the beast not only spoke, but expressed personality as though he were human.

“I refuse to be called Fluffykins!” The prince snarled. “You will call me Sebastian, or Prince Lyngve, but address me other wise and Red will not just be your name.”

Then the beast... ("No prince," he thought) turned towards him and his made Averad realize that he made a mistake. "This was no 'prince'...this was a beast."

Sebastian's hungry mind quickly surmised that the man was a hunter. With out thinking with his humanity, Sebastian bared his teeth aiming for the strange man's jaw.

Averad jumped back and slashed his sword and an upward arc. He didn't mean to blink...but he did.