[i]‘Damn,’[/i] had been Jean’s first thought when he heard rapid footsteps approaching from behind. He spun on his feet, despite knowing that he wouldn’t be able to raise his guard on time; the other individual was just too close if the sounds were anything to go by. And they were. The young lady crashed into him as he managed to get a glimpse of her appearance and sent both of them down on the ground. Successfully holding back a snarl, Jean snapped up and sized her up as quick in the moment she was still holding her head. Definitely not someone out for him, or he would have already been bleeding out, curse his lack of attention. 

His expression calmed somewhat with that knowledge, though an eyebrow was raised when their eyes met for a moment. He didn’t dismiss them as a trick of the light or just imagination, her eyes had been slitlike like those of a Shifter. “Interesting…” he murmured to himself as he waved off her attempt to help him and instead picked himself up with little trouble. He paused momentarily, taken aback by just how short the girl was in comparison to him. For that moment, he was glad he hadn’t decided to throw himself back in an attempt to surprise his “ambusher”, she could have gotten hurt pretty damn bad. [b]“It’s fine,”[/b] he reassured her with a small smile, [b]“though, it’s a bit late to be out running the streets. Not as safe as you might think at this time, specially for a Shifter.”[/b]

He leaned back on a foot as he finished speaking with a grin, wondering what she would do. Would she run? Or try and have him keep his silence? Or maybe she’d bluff? Frankly he didn’t know what her reaction would be, she was the only other of his “kind” that he’d met since moving to this city. He knew how he would act if someone had found his “secret”, but then again he wasn’t exactly your average guy, Shifter or normal.