Aal blinks and half tucks her chin close to his head or neck as he does so. She swallows softly but hugs and tries to hold on tight but doing her best to not make him uncomfortable. Her eyes widen a little but she'll not be dismounting from her new perch anytime soon. "Well um, I suppose we could say hello." She murmurs compromising manner yes, a safe distance and looking should be fine. She thinks even though she shivers a little. Though she's also semi reminded of drawings etc she's seen of occamys.