“Ah, you like jerky, too? People make it for me. If we are becoming friends, I shall get you many pieces.”
Sometimes creatures liked to be spoken to, but sometimes it also scared them off. She was fairly certain by now that if the creature was easily spooked, it would have left already. Though she was still unsure why it was running away so fast when they first met. It seemed like it was a relatively gentle, calm creature.
Maybe the creature was very intelligent, she thought. That's why it wasn't as afraid of her. That only made the mystery of what it was running away from more enticing and slightly more scary.