As Acacia entered his field of view, Ryan looked back at her with puppy dog-like eyes. [color=B22222]"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to wake you,"[/color] he apologized. [color=B22222]"If you want, you can just go back to sleep."[/color]  He looked down at the floor in shame. [i]Stop messing it up with this pretty girl. You're going to blow it if you keep this up.[/i] Finally deciding to get off the floor and stop wallowing in his fear of failure, he got back on his feet to see Truth now standing before him. It might have just been his imagination or that he had not yet forgotten how he had first met the pet wolf, but it seemed like Truth was just about ready to take a bite out of Ryan. [color=B22222]"Nice wolfie. No need to get all hyped up. The nonthreatening human is now going to go walk back to the couch and you, the big bad scary wolf, can just go back to sleep in your nice pile of comfy sheets."[/color]