Velox tensed up.
'This guy isnt just some lost traveler' she thought to herself. She bent down a carefully put her herbs down, unfurling her whip as she rose. It tumbled to the ground unwinding like some kind of sleeping serpent. It's three heads glittered in the sunlight. She felt for her pouch of throwing weapons.
'Crap' she thought realization dawning on her, 'I've left most of them in the clearing.' her eyes darting to the side then coming back to rest on the mysterious stranger. She smiled inwardly.
‘Hopefully he wont be such a bad guy,’ she thought again, ‘he’s kinda cute.’ The stranger finished rubbing dirt into his hands.
‘Maybe I should keep my guard up after all’

She flung her arm to her side, her whip launching itself into the air, and pulled it back sharply as the whip reached its limit, creating a loud crack in the air.
‘Who are you and what brings you this far into the forest?’ she called with a demanding note in her voice. She silently shifted into a defensive stance and started to concentrate.

A bird called from the trees.