He knelt down by the herbs she'd gestured to, and was about to take a few cuttings when a ...fox? Yes, that was, indeed, a fox. The fluffiest, longest-eared fox he'd seen. Though, he supposed, as humans had their many variations, so must foxes.

He bowed his head as though greeting a long-lost friend, and not some wild animal that had scampered over.

"You keep... peculiar company."

It was hard to say just who he was talking to.