Tragic Past Uncertain Future
They had a well deserved reputation for being feral and quick to anger, often making other sentients regard then with mistrust. it was sad really, the majority were just like everyone else, trying to find a way to live comfortably in this universe.
Touching the Past, Part 1
He did not mistrust his mentor's words; he could feel, easily, their sincerity. it was the fact that the mountain lion had actually said them that made him pause.
The Proposal
And it has always been because you simply mistrust us and want to make sure we don't become a danger. you've never pushed for us to become sub-standard citizens.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 73
The boy looked him up and down like an animal scenting a trap, filled with suspicion and mistrust. sensing that time might be running short, ander decided to take a calculated risk. "if i was like _him_, i wouldn't try to talk to you like this.
Snow Cat - The Traitor
“you throw your lot in with the very people who mistrust you?” miraak asked, a slight tone of sadness audible. “very well. you and i have cast our lots on opposite sides. but please, opposites or not, would you grant me a request?”
Beastlands - Chapter 7, The Trial
I can understand why you would be mistrustful of me; my heritage precedes any of my deeds. i cannot scold you for being mistrustful of me but i can tell you that when you look at me you should not see a hybrid, but a handmaiden of lyris himself.
Watercourse Way
I still mistrusted the word "intimacy," because that only means sex, right? the dictionary and my experience were probably at odds with each other. i hesitated just long enough that i had the clear sense of heartsinger's eyes begging me.
Ch.9 -- Knock Knock
The public sector has a deeply embedded sense of mistrust, and monitors its own internal activities far better than any monolithic organization or government department ever could."
Demiurge/reader Ch. 17
They long to follow but are unable to discard their natural mistrust of wide, open spaces in the glaring bright of day. they stalk the perimeter of the forest's border, brushing their lightly spotted, fawn coats against one another nervously.
Arvians - Heedless
Bec, the child of a pair from the suntouched lands to the east, had always been seen with suspicion and mistrust.
Grocery Run
Pausing just inside the door, the feline cast a brief, mistrustful look back at the street, then closed it. the lock clicked shut, and horace rested his forehead against the cool wood for a moment.
Epilog -- Famous Last Words
For the next half hour, i told about my own experiences, answering questions, giving the three a chance to find out that it wasn't their mistrust that was the problem, that bad apples among "the cops" were fueling a sad but reasonable tendency to make "cops