The little creature was watching me intently with a curious expression, just like I was doing to it, but it seemed a little afraid of me.
“Hey, little guy. What are you?”
I tried communicating with it, but it did not seem to understand me. I thought of using Song of Living Spirits to communicate with it, but I quickly dismissed the idea since Alyshah was right next to me.
I approached it as slowly as possible so as not to frighten it, but it suddenly squeaked at me and took me by surprise.
“Don't worry, I don't mean you any harm,” I said gently as I raised my hands to signal that I did not have any hostility toward it. This time, it seemed to understand what I meant as it did not squeak at me again, but it still kept watching me warily.
When I was close, I tried to pick up the shield
