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>You had to deescalate the situation on the spot.
>It had a hard time trusting you, and if you didn't do anything now, it could end badly for one or both of you.
>"You are misconstruing my intentions here," you said calmly.
>"Yeah, it is me who isn't open about their intentions here. You are the one cowering in fear, not me," replied the Noivern in a mocking tone.
>"If I wanted to shoot you, I'd have done it when you were in the shed. If I wanted you alive, I'd use my taser. My heart is not beating because my "master plan" has gone up in smoke. It is beating because you are inherently dangerous, and you are behaving aggressively towards me," you said in a more authoritative manner.
>You were considering using a taser but remembered that light is capable of calming Noiverns down.
>With a quick move of your hand, you turned the light back on.
>The Noivern recoiled and hid its head beneath its wing.
>"Do you understand that?" You asked the now terrified creature.
>"Y-Yes. I-I understand," said the Noivern in a submissive way.
>"Now if you really want me to help you, you will cooperate; if not, feel free to fuck right off to your house or the nearest forest; the door is right there," you said in a tone meant to force cooperation.
>"P-Please. Help me, I-I don't want to die," said the creature with a tone close to bursting into tears.
>"I'm not going to sell you out, so please calm down and let me help you," you said calmly.
>"C-could you turn the lights back off?" the Noivern requested.
>"Fine. But if you pull another stunt like that, those lights are going to get turned on again. Understand?"
>"Y-Yes..."
>You didn't like how this encounter was going.
>The Noivern was flip-flopping between aggressive paranoia and fear of death depending on if the light was on or off.
>You had to try a different approach here.