She didn''t know how to take the new creature that Moose had dragged in.


    When Moose had taken her to the long hallway, even she had felt closed in. The roof seemed to be very close to Moose’s head. Far too low to be a place that monsters could live and she didn’t think that they could cause much trouble with the size. It wasn’t until they got to the other end and found a door that was so small it seemed like _she_ was the monster. It was almost as small to her as the long tunnel was to Moose.


    She didn’t know what danger Moose was afraid of coming from somewhere so small but she would keep her eyes on the lookout. It seemed like she had been brought because of the size though. Moose couldn’t fit at all.


    “Stay. Ask, need help. Find danger.”


    Ah, Moose didn’t think there was danger to them, Moose thought others were in danger. That made much more sense. She had seen the small creatures in the garden. They had to come from somewhere, right? If this was how Moose found other creatures, he would need to find some that wanted protection. As Moose tapped on the small door, she tried to figure out the best way to convey the rumbly words to these new creatures.


    After Moose had tapped a second time and nothing changed, she decided that maybe they were afraid of Moose just like she had been. As she reached out to tap a different place to Moose she told him to stand behind the separation near the end of the long tunnel.


    “Moose, find. Darkness. Quiet.”


    It seemed she was right as well.


    As soon as she tapped, there was a beep and the small door opened. The noise made her nearly jump behind Moose. There was a brief moment where she was looking over the small creatures, though they weren’t nearly as small as those in the garden, before the small creatures started making a great deal of noise. They also started running around strangely. The suddenness had spooked her, but as they all seemed to be going away from her, she held her ground.


    How could she know the minds of creatures like them?


    There were some left after all, the loud ones probably had things to do. She could understand not wanting to stand around looking at each other.


    Though she didn’t really understand the noise.


    “You. Send help. Many things. Speak slow.”


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    She pointed to one of the creatures as she spoke. The loud ones seemed to not use the rumbly words of Moose, so she had needed to find words in the lighter language from the Pages. She felt she had done a good job. She had told them they were helping with anything! So much said with so few words. She would feel much prouder if she didn’t need them to speak slowly, she hadn’t used this language for a while.


    When the creature she had pointed to spoke too fast for her to catch everything, she started to lose confidence that she had been understood. She had asked them to speak slowly, why talk that fast? Sure, they didn’t seem to be talking to her, since a couple of others quickly waddled away, but if the creatures didn’t listen, then how would they help?


    At least they seemed to be fetching something. Something about young? Were the baby creatures in danger? She was impressed that Moose had sensed that from so far away. She hadn’t even heard the noises that Moose had been talking about.


    She still had a long way to go it seemed.


    By the time the ones that had waddled away to fetch returned, her eyes had adjusted to the lights that were much brighter than she had gotten used to. Now that she could see more clearly, it seemed there was something on the ground around the creatures. If they had been injured, why didn’t they ask for help first?


    When the small creature that had been brought, the young one?, she started to think there was something more serious going on. The new creature stumbled before her and started shaking. It clearly had something wrong with it. She told Moose as much.


    “Moose, find. Danger. This.”


    Moose didn’t seem to agree, as he rumbled deep in his chest, he seemed to be thinking things over. He didn’t have much time though, as the creature before her seemed to tip over backwards and landed on the floor. And stopped moving.


    Yes, clearly something wrong.


    Moose rumbled a new word she didn’t recognize. With what he said next, it seemed she had used the wrong word.


    “This. Not Danger.”


    Hmm, she would need to learn that new word. She watched as Moose reached down and lifted the new creature. It seemed to have some wetness on its tail and midsection, the injury most likely. Moose seemed to have no issue with taking the small creature back along the tunnel, so she turned once more and looked at the other small creatures. She gave them a questioning look, as they all seemed strange for one reason or another, but they didn’t seem to have anyone else that needed help.


    Or at least they weren’t in a hurry.


    She turned around and hurried after Moose, the small creatures could follow if they had anyone else that needed something.


    It seemed that Moose was taking the small creature to a strange room with nests that had stuff attached to them. She never managed to figure out what the room was for, but if it was for damaged creatures she understood why. There was no reason for Moose to come here and she was too careful. Moose seemed to check the small creature over and got a confused look on his face. Hmm, it had to be serious if Moose didn’t know what magic to use.


    “Kitty. Stay. Watch. Get water.”


    It seemed Moose would need strong magic then. She didn’t know why the small creature needed watching though. She couldn’t stop a monster. Ah, she could carry the creature she guessed. She had changed enough to be that strong, especially with a small creature like this. If only the creature didn’t start shaking as soon as it opened its eyes.


    Moose better hurry, this one desperately needed help.