Needless to say, Samantha was extremely surprised to hear the voice in her head. But it was quite the refreshing revelation once she was over the shock. Perhaps this was how all people communicated in this place? Samantha couldn't say that it was normal, but at least it wasn't completely foreign. She had relatives who chose to communicate this way given the option (and ye Gods had that been quite the debacle...).
With a pleasant smile, Samantha nodded back at the woman. She twitched her nose just once in order to allow her thoughts to travel through that route as well and to protect Tabitha from overhearing. She didn't want to scare her.
Hello? I'm so sorry to be a bother, but my daughter and I appear to be terribly lost. She really did hope she was doing this correctly.