Pursing her lips together, Ariadne started to whistle. She would have taken out her flute, but she thought the sudden movement might frighten the creature.

Alastrians had a singular knack for dealing with most animals. But the bigger they were, the harder. And it didn't help that this one was...

Well. She'd never seen anything else like it.

At the end of her refrain, she hissed out of the corner of her mouth, "If you want to make a break for it, you'd better do it."