pickin' up hitchhikers

The unexpected appearance of another strange creature stopped Signy in her tracks. The creature bared teeth at her in a sneer but Signy just stared back fearlessly and curiously as it spoke. Before she could reply Ozy popped his head up with a sneer of his own. "Course she ent lost ya manky rat. She wit me ent she? Ent no one lost wit Ozymandias unnerstand?"

The strange creature creature was joined by a big white wolf who told her to ignore it, and Signy grinned. "I dont mind, really. My name's Signy Lasair and this Ozymandias. He's a pine marten," she declared, proud of herself for knowing what her new found was. She ignored Ozy's hiss at the strange companion and blinked curiously at the wolf. "What're you doing out here anyway?