Hecate gives a small nod to Skoll. She knows he does not really like her but Hati's company is worth it to her to tolerate that dislike with grace. The Goddess dismisses her retinue of ghosts and even the shadowy hounds that tended to follow her in the deepest part of winter.
She tenses when Hati steps in her direction and does something strange. She pounces him, intending to knock him into the snow, intending on playing with him. It is not a familiar game, but he seemed happy doing it and she wants to share that with him.