[color=#ffff66][center][h3][b] Lynx?! [/b][/h3][/center][/color][hr]
[color=#ffff66]“I haven´t introduced myself up until this point, so your perception of me as a mindless subservient familiar was natural,”[/color] stated Lynx, eyes focused on Sil. It was hard to believe that that idiot had learned something, and harder still that it was related to respecting boundaries. The arrival of a vulture had interrupted his thoughts.

Lynx craned his neck upwards to glance at the haggard bird with an expressionless face. Octavio, who had now learned how to interpret the familiar´s body language, braced himself. 

Lynx blinked, partly in disbelief. [color=#ffff66]“An interesting coincidence that you´ve been ordered to come here, as I was just speaking of mindless, subservient familiars. I say ordered because you were forced to against your will, [i]pest[/i].”[/color]

Hearing Lynx´s caustic words reminded Octavio of the first few weeks of them working alongside one another. He made a move to try and stop the conversation before Lynx spat out anything too vile at who was probably going to be a helpful source of information, but the cat shot a glare at him, as if daring him to try and see what would happen.

With a soft flick of his tail, he continued. [color=#ffff66]“There is power in a name. I am Lynx because I do not allow any man power over me. Can you say the same?”[/color] He asked the question in a mocking tone.

[color=dde0c7][i]It´s not exactly a good idea to insult the messenger, you know.
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[color=#ffff66][i]I don´t care.[/i][/color] 

Octavio had to resist letting out a sigh in front of everyone. Well, if things took a dark turn, they could always just claim that one of the many lunatics shambling around town had attacked the familiar. Could threatening it work? Octavio didn´t know who his owner was, so that wasn´t an option yet. 

[color=dde0c7]“I believe it´s in everyone´s best interest if we all behaved like gentlemen for the time being.”[/color] He stuck his hands out in a display of wanting to halt whatever it was that was about to happen if that cat got too angry. 

Lynx didn´t respond. Instead, he tilted his head towards the door and then to him as if to say, “you go first”.