"What's that? You need any help with it?" he asked, and slid down and out of the tree to land with a thud close to where she stood. He didn't bother to stand up, he just shifted his legs so that he was kneeling in front of her, although he was still looking down at her. Banshee let out a worried noise and followed him down to the ground.
"Tam tam, Banshee, mawey..." he murmured, even as the ikran nudged at his arm. "Tìng nari. Eantsyìp fitseng lu." he continued, and Banshee crooned softly at Sook before nudging at Jake again.