Two Rivers Isle slow it down, release control

"A-are you ok?"

The sudden voice caused a burst of surprise to flicker through her chest, heartbeat quickening and head jerking upward, only to smack her ivory crown roughly onto the hollow's frayed edge. A yelp cursed the air from between her lips, but she settled herself quickly, haunches lowering onto the frigid snow and vision spinning before she was able to make out the crimson figure against crystalline white.

"O-oh..." she murmured, feeling her cheeks grow hot, but swept her tongue out across her lips and shook herself in order to clear her mind. "I'm... yeah, I'm okay. I was looking at the squirrel's den." Nothing she said would aid in clearing up the embarrassment of being caught headless, deep into a tree, but she aimed to shift quickly past that. She'd been looking to study what exactly the creature had been doing, but wondered if this man would be at all interested in listening to her babbles, or if he intended to take his leave.