~ Tryson ~
A deep growl—below the level of Diane's hearing—began in Levi's chest and Tryson rushed forward to put himself between Diane and the huge Chimera.
Levi was sweet-natured and innocent, much like a child most of the time. The sasquatch were very long lived, and late to mature. Levi was fifty years old, yet treated Tryson like an older brother. Of all the Chimera, he was probably the very best for Diane to meet first, because the sasquatch were always curious, and hard to anger. Very rarely violent.
But Levi had lost his mate to the human researchers five years earlier, right before Tryson had come home. Even though he hadn't yet started wasting away, the sasquatch's emotions were—by their standards—perilously close to the surface.
"Levi," he said cautiously, one hand up in
