Trix looked over as she heard the woman rustling around for something. When she pulled out writing supplies, the herbalist felt a little bad about thinking the woman rude. She was a mute. That sounded really difficult to live with, she couldn't imagine the horror. She found herself wondering if she was born that way, or if something happened. She'd never heard of any one fixing a mute though. It was one of those things that was a lost cause, it seemed. As the woman wrote, Trix cast her eyes back to the critters watching them play and scamper now that the meat had been divvied up and consumed. They were much less like squirrels now and sort of like... dogs? They wrestled and played, chased and eluded, occasionally they quarreled, fierce little snarls coming out.

When she felt a tap on her shoulder, she looked over and took the note from the woman, smiling slightly apologetically for her previous thoughts. She read it aloud, sort of giving the woman a voice. The name, Bandersnatch, was cute. Definitely appropriate seeming. She said harmless, yet she could see the claws and teeth. Get enough of those and she suspected they could cause more damage than you might think. The woman was named Alya, and Trix looked over at her, [color=f6989d][i][b]"Pleasure to meet you Alya, and Echo. And you are quite welcome, thank you for the beautiful music."[/b][/i][/color]

She kept her food close, noting that the pups had already finished theirs. But the wind shifted suddenly, a breeze blowing the scent from both women's food toward the group. All of the bandersnatches stopped, sniffing at the air, then looked toward them hungrily. Remus and Remilia were instantly in front of Trix, standing, growling in warning. [color=f6989d][i][b]"Uh... Alya... I think they know..."[/b][/i][/color] They weren't moving, just staring hungrily, and Trix considered throwing what was left of the food. But that didn't remove the smell that covered all of them. She could practically feel the tension mounting, the calm before the storm.