She couldn't believe he would really want to keep company with such a creature.

Why, he'd only been talking with the creature for a moment.

Various people, all of them serious, try to speak with the creatures.

But similar to their experience with the first creature, they had found a way to keep them at bay.

It can't be good for a man to have to deal with a creature like that on his own.

It would take time to reach an understanding with the new creature.

There was no sense in calling attention to his experience with the creature.

He'd played with the creature for hours before finally losing interest.

Perhaps contact with the creature for some days had given her that power.

How could he, with such a wonderful creature watching him?