Daine twitches her tail in a brief wag when he says her name. Maybe she shouldn't have assumed he'd recognize her right off, but she's glad that he did. (Though, to be honest, she doesn't mind scaring him a bit if it gets him out of danger sooner.)

At his last question, she releases his arm so she can reshape her mouth. "Something's come through the rift," she says tersely. "I don't know what it is, but it's killing folk. You have to get back to the base."