Suddenly, Thomas was looking at the canopy.

And he had a-- a tiger on him. He was too stunned to move, eve after it leaped off him, and he thought perhaps that might be the best course of action despite his terror.

And just as suddnely he could heard Daine's voice coming from the beast. He dared to look, startled by the image of a tiger with an oddly human mouth.

"Daine?"