His eyes snapped open as someone bumped into him.
In that brief moment of startle, he was back in the arena, tensing his muscles and grounding his feet as if to prepare himself for a fight. Someone is taking advantage of my blindness, he thought, and before he could school himself, he was curling his lip back to show his teeth in defense.
A sharp growl even ripped out of his throat.
Then he realized he wasn’t really being attacked. Despite his size, the stranger seemed sheepish and even a bit timid. Pavlos quickly made himself relax, hoping he didn’t offend him.
In that brief moment of startle, he was back in the arena, tensing his muscles and grounding his feet as if to prepare himself for a fight. Someone is taking advantage of my blindness, he thought, and before he could school himself, he was curling his lip back to show his teeth in defense.
A sharp growl even ripped out of his throat.
Then he realized he wasn’t really being attacked. Despite his size, the stranger seemed sheepish and even a bit timid. Pavlos quickly made himself relax, hoping he didn’t offend him.
Oh! No, I apologize,he cleared his throat, awkwardly,
I thought you were… Nevermind.