"Wha-" he didn't even have much time to react. Roxanne bumps against him, their stark height differences meaning she more just bumped his arm than anything, and takes off. Despite it just being a friendly nudge, he felt the force behind it. Looking at the young leopard, Matthias seems to realize for the first time how much she's grown since they've been transported here. But also, how much she's yet to fill in to her body - will she be just as skinny as her mother was, or was he doing something wrong? Was she eating enough?
Focus. With a shake of his head, Matthias puts those thoughts on the back burner and uses his hooves to boost his initial acceleration, wings unfolding to provide greater momentum and speed. This isn't even a fair race! Me, against a child! I almost pity-- "Woah!" suddenly, a chocolate -hued wolf comes into view, right in his flight path, and he has to swerve suddenly to avoid them. Matthias would try to land safely a few yards away, paws scoring marks on the ground to stop his pace. With eyes darting back to Roxanne's disappearing form, he admits begrudgingly that it's more important to see who's so close to their den than to win this race.
Shaking out any debris from his mohawk and fur, Matthias approaches the wolf, grey nose taking in their scent and noticing, thankfully, that they bore no trace of a group. That, or they were in one he couldn't recognize. All he could smell were the larkspurs growing on their body, and the reptilian odor of the snake that rested itself so comfortably around their neck.
"Who are you?" he asked, half curious, half wary. It was likely they didn't know Matthias. Even if they had heard of his services, they wouldn't know where his den was, so the chances of it being a potential customer were slim.
Dexterity Roll:To see if he can gracefully dodge Larkspur or not
Success: He swerves and lands on all four feet
Fail: He swerves and accidentally plummets into some bushes before landing.
Ahh nvm I'll just say he succeeded