"It only happened because I wasn't expecting it!" he chirruped, finding his voice to be a pitch higher than he was expecting. Clearing his throat, he went on, "You can make an ankle cover for yourself, it'd be a good idea if we ever... hunted these things together. Me, I have my own armor. Now that I know what to expect from them, things will be different."

Watching AJ begin bundling up the offending tentacles in his arms, he leaned back down to pick up the corpse of the riverbeast like he'd originally intended. Then he was following close behind her, finding a hard time believing that he was willing walking back towards a den of humans.