"I thought they were why you walked funny so I wanted to help. Turns out they're fancy sandals. I don't own sandals so..." He didn't know. He shrugged his shoulders and then smiled, hopeless and awkward, trying to be less scary but he was bad at that. "I needed to scare you so you'd tell. I didn't know strangers were in the woods."

It was quite a shock to suddenly have new people in his safe haven. It was hard not to react violently. "You're very different from what I know." He stepped closer, trying to be friendly. "You smell good."