[The alien gives a startled little hop backwards when Ellie talks to him again, nearly tripping over his own slightly oversized feet. Then he realizes that she asked him a question, and he can actually understand her, and if she's stopping to talk to him then that means she probably isn't going to snap him up and try to hurt him, right??
... Unless she's just trying to lure him towards her so she can reach him more easily. That would be bad. But she seems genuine and the goodies in her bag are so, so interesting and he just really wants to believe that someone can help him right now, so he finally finds his voice, even if it is just a tiny, nervous peep:] F-ffriend? [The young alien is trying to ascertain that Ellie indeed won't hurt him-- though it's technically an answer to her question, too.]
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... Unless she's just trying to lure him towards her so she can reach him more easily. That would be bad. But she seems genuine and the goodies in her bag are so, so interesting and he just really wants to believe that someone can help him right now, so he finally finds his voice, even if it is just a tiny, nervous peep:] F-ffriend? [The young alien is trying to ascertain that Ellie indeed won't hurt him-- though it's technically an answer to her question, too.]