Jay's midway through inelegantly clambering over a hedge when he hears the unfamiliar nearby voice and freezes. The voice is addressing someone else, someone who doesn't seem to answer.

So after a moment, Jay lets himself down awkwardly and takes a few steps around a cluster of little trees, trying to get a peek at the speaker.

He couples his approach, thoughtlessly as usual, with a ventured, "Hello?"

Then he sees her, and he immediately regrets this decision.

She's tall - several inches on him, and that's not the most imposing thing about her, not even close. She looks - well, hellish, visibly sewn together like some kind of monster.

He staggers back unsteadily, breath catching hard in his throat.