They’re not so aggressive, you’ll be fine! [ . . . well, all right, they do attack if provoked but, ] … You’ll be fine as long as you stay with me and be gentle with them. [ which, ‘be gentle’ is always rather questionable with her but.

maybe the point is to try to distract her for now with a mix of something she’s rather intimidated by, to overcome a bit of fear, and simply show her something new to take her mind off of something like vengeance. so for the meantime he could take her hand, gently slip off the branch and lead the way towards the shallows of a river nearby that would lead towards the sea, where he’d recalled seeing a small family of fat shaggy sumpter beasts bathing and grazing. normally gentle giants, almost wooly mammoth-y, and genuinely tame-able especially if offered fruit or treats.

he’ll stop and let jinx observe them from a distance before they might approach closer though. ]