The noise Ellana makes on being pounce-hugged is alike to a strangled squeal, but she follows it up with a laugh and her arms briefly going around Araceli until the woman turns away.

"I'll be on the lookout for a predator," Ellana confirms, though little does she know that a brief trip to the Hinterlands will have her finding an arguably cuter form. Ellana goes for inconspicuous and ends up with being cooed over. Her own fault, really.