Astraion stilled. Okay so, that was likely not actually a deer but an illusion. Well one would say an illusion IS real, but in this case it wouldn't be. Not even shape shifters could talk in animal form. Was this a spirit? They'd easily be able to do such things. Hadn't that smelly human mentioned a spirit beforehand? What if he angered the spirit by trying to hunt it? Surely it wouldn't be mad, right? Right? Oh frick. He wished Einar was there, at least he'd keep him safe (not out of care, of course, to care for Astraion would be a great tragedy to Einar).
He turned back to his smaller, less dangerous looking, form and whined at the not-deer.