Picking up the scent of a foreigner in these boggy woods was easy for Areox, it was finding whoever had decided to trespass that had been difficult. The scent was… odd, to say the least. He’d never picked up on anything like it before.

His thick tail swayed idly behind him as he prowled through the overgrown bog, mouth slightly parted to scent the air for whoever was nearby. Areox wasn’t exactly a huge fan of the new laws back in the city - which demanded that all non-lizard folk be removed and jailed if caught on the city property, but it was still his job.

”…There.”

His senses tuned to a slight rustle in the nearby foliage, and he stilled, then lunged, tacking whoever was trying to hide down into the damp grass. “Gotcha.” He growled lowly, blade pressed to their neck.

his eyes were sharp - silently appraising the frame currently pinned under his bulk as a quiet growl sounded in his chest. he didnt exactly want to hurt them, but if need be, he would.

“Mind explaining what you were doin’ out here?” He questioned, tail whipping behind him from both the adrenaline, and the strange, pleasant scent currently wafting off of the person beneath him. "Its pretty well known that this city aint exactly... welcoming to outsiders."