Gyda nodded, grateful that someone had come. "It's a squirrel. I'm pretty sure it's sick or infected with something."

It certainly didn't behave like a normal squirrel. Even if it was from a different planet, squirrels shouldn't attack and bite like that unless they were sick.

Someone to look at the scratches on her arms wouldn't have been a bad idea either. For all Gyda tried to hold the bundle away from her, it still kept thrashing.