"GET AWAY FROM IT!" He waves his arm to try and frighten her away. Terrified that the beast will strike out at her, but it doesn't and eventually he notices the little things that had escaped him before. He hadn't thought about looking for someone much younger than the Eda he knows.

He stares dumbly for several long seconds before he can only think to say one thing. "...Eda?" It couldn't be, could it?