An answer comes in the rustle of the underbrush; a rabbit flees, a life is saved. Jinzhou’s soft smile doesn't falter even though it almost wants to morph into a smirk – but it obediently stays serene as the would-be hunter jumps right in his face.

Of course, he hadn't seen her before she chose to show herself, and his disturbance of her hunt was pure happenstance – yet Jinzhou was satisfied all the same, seeing as his first notable feat in this place was the prevention of unnecessary bloodshed. Now don't talk to him about the need for food and the necessity of the hunt; he had his own peculiar ideas about where to find sustenance and the meaning of life itself. And since she was asking so nicely, he was all but ready to enlighten her of the possibilities of life.

He opened his mouth, all set on educating her, when a new voice cut in, without a doubt sparing him from a huge mistake.
The slender male turned his gaze to her, ears perking up at the sound of her exotic accent. She bore the same kind of expression as him; a polite and mastered smile, the look of someone who was ready to mediate in a peaceful way.

A helping paw, maybe ? Well, between her and the aggressive hunter, the choice wasn't too hard.
Thank you so much ! he offered her with a renewed smile of his own, genuinely glad to receive a better welcome. I don't have any, he answered while taking a step towards her, in an attempt to distance himself from the hunter and disregard her demand for compensation completely, except for the fact that I seem to have just… arrived in this place somehow. I know nothing of this land and… I might be unfamiliar with its ways. He turned his face to the hunter, ears lowered in an apologetic look. I’m so sorry to have caused you trouble, dear lady.