Then this stranger showed up, and started babbling and stuttering and Roland's jaw dropped as he gawked at her. What the hell was this? Why on earth was she here? Were they actually keeping this thing around? She looked grown, but she was so tiny and spoke like a baby. He couldn't even understand anything she was saying other than 'leg' and 'plant.'
Who the hell are you? almost shot out of his mouth, be he remembered his cover intime and clicked his jaws shut quickly. To distract himself, he hugged closer to Moonshadow's nape and looked to Kajika.
"Grizzly Hollow is gone. Don't know why or where but the forest is empty down there."