I'm so pleased that my predicament is amusing to you.

[It's just a few levels more polite than a true snap, but it's still hard to keep his annoyance out of his voice. He tries to grab the creature's muzzle with one hand, but he's not fast enough; it darts away, and somehow, the weird noises it makes almost sounds like laughter, too.]

It simply started following me not long after I entered the forest. Perhaps its been separated from its herd.

[Flock? What, exactly, is the proper term for winged giraffes?]