Francis was shocked. I mean, he HAD wanted her to help him, but he hadn't actually thought that this girl would do so, much less understand him. "I... uhhh... thanks?" he managed to say as he jumped down off her lap. "I'll... uhhh... see you, I guess..." and with that he scampered behind a rather large tree. since it was still nighttime, he quickly shifted his form to his human appearance, then leaned against the tree and heaved a sigh of relief.<br/><br/>Walking back out in full view of the girl who had saved his life, he stared at her for a moment, then asked a simple question. "So how did you understand that fox that I saw running away?" unfortunately, although he was a very good liar, he hadn't exactly been standing there the entire time so it was immediately apparent that he was trying to cover up the fact that he was the fox in question.