"Just a shadow," Aves said. "It's okay; they're friendly." She didn't bring another figurine back, not wanting to scare he poor kid. To be honest, they were so normal for her that she rarely thought about it before creating them in places she considered safe; and she did consider Jean's place to be safe. Her mind flickered across various memories of the shadows playing with her when she was little as she wondered how the girl might feel about them.