The girl watched him carefully, trying to decipher his signals. Bakara understood animals, so she was familiar with the wild natures of different animals, but she had never encountered a wild human before. It was fascinating to watch the intelligent process in a human who seemed to never have been civilized. She could only wonder what the boy thought of her.
Following his rapidly shifting gaze, the girl smiled with a breathy chuckle. "He's scared," she told Iago. "Go back to the camp."
The cougar, who had just settled again, gave her a momentary glare, before raising himself and trudging back towards the place where she had been skinning the hare. Once he had left, Bakara turned her attention back to the boy in the tree. She sat down a few paces away from the base of the trunk and looked up, again extending the hare to him. "Would you like some?" She asked in the most soothing voice she could, adding a feline purr for what she hoped provided a familiar effect.