The squirrels reactions were as Eulalie feared, startled by the dark mare's abrupt and brash interaction. Unfortunately the spines on one of the squirrel's back became consumed by flame. The other, thankfully, did not. On Oriens' word, she slowly moved away from the small creatures, giving them the space they needed to calm down. Despite the fear they may have felt, they remained, and the sunshine woman took that to mean their intentions were not completely lost by a language barrier.
"In all the years of schooling I had as a girl, never once did I learn to speak squirrel," she said aloud with a chuckle, her earth brown eyes sparkling in the morning light, "Though it certainly would have come in handy now." As they waited, her breath baited, Somnus eventually moved forward and even settled himself on the ground, speaking in gentle tones. It brought a smile to her face as she recognized it immediately as his warm fatherly voice. She had heard him use it more than once with Regis.
The woman, Sloane as Eulalie now knew her to be called, also attempted a second round with the squirrels. She seemed to try a bit harder to be less... frightening, but Eulalie got the feeling that tenderness was not one of her strong suits. Even poor Ulric seemed at a loss, hanging back so as not to disturb what was happening. A good man and a loyal friend, but he seemed quite floundering in this situation. Eulalie offered him an empathetic smile. Eulalie, too, held her place a few feet from the critters, not wanting to overwhelm them. "We'd like to help you, if we can," was all she said.
