Hushed Willows Protect me Maria, don't let this siren cast her spell

His face brightened, his mother's bribery winning him over easily. "Ess!" he cried nonsensically, tail beating a quiet tattoo on the stone floor, though it fell limp and a confused expression contorted his features when Tavi suddenly scruffed him. "Eggo!" he cried, punching the air, though he giggled as he did it, demonstrating that he wasn't as put out as he pretended. When was Tambourine ever really in a bad mood, aside from his grumpy spells in the mornings?

She set him down nearby and strode back to her companion, who the pup only just noticed. "Ey!" he shouted, mindless of Tavi's wish for him to stay put. He ran right back toward the pair of adults, only now his attention was fixed upon the green-eyed, black-furred stranger. "Tam-Tam-Tam!" he chanted, perhaps a attempting to introduce himself (or more likely nothing more than obnoxious mimicry), right before he smacked a paw against the stranger's leg to goad him into playing.