[If this were six months ago, Jasmine might have cried out at the sight of a lion.

She has grown used to such absurdities at this point, and also has grown quite impatient to what exactly Somnius natives will tolerate these days. So when she sees a few of them scream and escape to their houses, she groans in exasperation.]

Really?! You'll welcome Rajah and let the Skeksis ransack your homes, but you won't accept other cats?

[A gelfling trips over a barrel as he runs around her, not paying the least attention to her words, so she rolls her eyes and changes into her tigress form to trot alongside Kiara.]

I promise, they were once not so hostile to strangers.