"Just think of it as a dental appointment," the king had told him.

Oddly enough, Sethlan actually enjoyed going to the dentist. Sure it was initially unpleasant, but he liked the feeling afterwards of having clean teeth. It gave him the same sort of satisfaction that he got from finishing a really nice blade, or more recently a well-crafted garden tool (there wasn't much demand for weapons nowadays). If that was what it would be like to apologize for what he did, he certainly felt better about the concept. Or at least he felt he was slightly less likely to have an anxiety attack when he had to apologize to the girl. 

Nevertheless, he elected to crouch behind the larger Boss Monster as the group approached the girl, who was standing alongside another human that he didn't recognize. Sethlan didn't want to look like he was leading the group after charging out of the woods like a maniac earlier, and while running around screaming and brandishing a weapon wasn't all that uncommon among monsters, especially if you were involved with the Royal Guard, Sethlan didn't want to cause another situation. At the mention of an apology, he poked his snout out from behind the group and stepped forward.

[color=007236]"U-uj, hey there,"[/color] he said meekly, trying to look the girl in the eyes but staring at her shoes instead. [color=007236]"I, uh..."[/color]

"And if that guy here tries anything to attack her, I will not go easy..." the other human suddenly piped in, his hand resting threateningly on his weapon. "I trained long enough in fencing, don't underestimate me."

Sethlan froze in his tracks, his left eye twitching like mad. A challenge. Any other time, any other place, and Sethlan would have gladly crossed swords with this human without a second thought. No hero would have allowed his honor to be questioned in such a way! Still, Sethlan bit his tongue. He already caused trouble once by charging into battle, and based on that look Asgore had given him earlier, he knew better then to cause it twice. At least the mental picture of him heroically defeating the human in pitched battle over the slight took the edge off his fragile nerves.

[color=007236]"A-anyway, I think we got off on the wrong foot earlier. I, well, thought I was being attacked back there, so I kind of jumped in before I got a good look. I'm sorry if I hurt or scared you in anyway, that was the last thing I wanted to do, honest."[/color]