death incarnate & night triumphant

Andras ignores Navi's hiss under her breath, the faerie merely tilting his head to regard her with dark hazel eyes. Winking at her, a devilish grin toys at the corner of his mouth as he continues his approach, the woman coming into full view. His nostrils flaring, he takes in her scent, the stranger seemingly wary of the two faeries that had just approached her, and who wouldn't? When he halts in front of the new woman, he almost expects Navi to hide behind him, his constant shadow wherever he went these days. So, as she slides into place behind him, the lord doesn't comment on it, nor does he glance at the tiny Asian woman. Andras is quick to make introductions, the man dipping his head courteously to the newcomer, that easy smile so adorning midnight lips. Her response to his statement merely piques his curiosity and yet, he hardly makes a move to comment on it. "A pleasure to meet you, Hazel," his deep tenors snake out into the night, though there is a genuine note to his words.

It is then that Navi pipes up, the man internally groaning at that constant brash behavior the girl so excluded. He should have known better if there were to be a run in with someone... this is what would happen. Midnight eyes snap to Navi, eyes narrowing slightly in warning. He wouldn't scold her in public again, the fact that the high lord had embarrassed Navi last time... well, let's just say he had learned his lesson. Even if he wanted to make a comment to Navi, he hardly gets the chance as Hazel steps around him, coming closer to the girl. Without hesitation, Andras moves immediately between the two women, the man hardly liking the tone of voice this newcomer was taking with one of his court. "Don't mind Navi, she's a little rough around the edges, hardly having much interaction with others," he says easily and as if to ease his words towards the small girl, he reaches out a hand and ruffles the Asian woman's dark locks.

Retracting his hand quickly, he turns back to Hazel, his body firmly planted between Navi and the other woman. He knew full well the Asian woman would not appreciate it and yet, there was hardly anything she could do to stop him from defending her. The Fae knowing full well Navi could handle herself and yet, he worried all the same. Still, when Hazel looks up at him, he allows that easy smile to so adorn his lips, a constant in the chaos he was hoping would not ensue. He can smell the shift in the woman's demeanor, the anger that so coats her scent now as she frowns up at him. Now, the faerie hardly minded being shouted at, insulted, teased... you name it, however, the man hardly liked to be touched in any sense, the exception being Lani. So, as the woman moves forward, that finger jabbing towards his chest, his hand is swift as he raises a hand to snatch her fingers in his calloused hand, that smile taking on an edge, a glint shining in his eyes. "Careful," his tenors take on a warning note to the newcomer as he glances down at her, though there's more predator than human so dancing in those eyes.

Releasing her hand almost instantly, he takes a step away from her to put distance between them, "We did not come to insult you, my dear. We happened to be walking on the same path and I decided to introduce ourselves," he explains, his hands sliding back into to those immaculate black slacks. "I do not think anything is wrong with your outfit, Navi is simply relearning this world, having lived isolated for some time," he explains casually, his eyes glancing back down to the petite woman, he wouldn't ask her to apologize, the woman her own person, and even if he did he knew she wouldn't, nor would she tolerate being told what to do. Andras having never enforced rank in his court... why start now? "We don't see many Fae here in the city, we merely wanted to introduce ourselves," he states, withholding that information that he was, in fact, the high lord of the only court here in the city. He was curious, he wanted to see what kind of woman this was.

Andras Steinhello darling