Michelle raised an eyebrow as he explained why he was out here, and it seemed like Michelle was willing to put him in her good books. Then came the mention of her blushing and her being out of her comfort zone, which only made her blush even more. She diverted her gaze away from him, then realized that her hood was off and her cat ears were very visible. She quickly reached back and placed her hood back where it was on her head, which helped hide part of her blushing face, but not completely. His apology did not help matters much, and then he extended his hand and introduced himself to be Khalis. Michelle stared at his hand for a second and was about to reach out to shake his hand, but resisted the impulse and kept her hand in her cloak. "Michelle," she said in response, then turned away from Khalis and began to walk away. She decided that she needed to keep a better check on her emotions and not let people be able to trigger them so easily. That was much easier said than done, of course, but Michelle was determined to do it.

Then she saw the Tiger Faunus boy marching up to them, an angry expression on his face and his fists clenched. That was clearly not a good sign, and Michelle could quickly guess that Khalis was the one he was directing his anger at. Michelle quickly stood between them and raised her hands in front of her, palms outward as if to defend herself. "Woah woah, it's ok, t-there's no trouble here. He just came over t-t-to ap-pologize, t-that's all," Michelle explained, frustrated that she was stuttering. She had no love or pity for Khalis, but she was not going to let him get hurt if she could prevent it. And right now, she could definitely [i]try[/i] to prevent it. She was still blushing fiercely, especially now that she was staring at the Tiger Faunus boy, but she hoped that her hood would help hide it well enough from him.