[ this is definitely no mere animal - i mean, it talks! it's obviously a fox spirit or something! not that he's in any position to be hunting down spirits around here...but getting to know one could be interesting too.

also it made a joke. it's a punny fox? he stares at it for a moment in surprise before starting to laugh, covering his mouth in an attempt to not wake the sheep. ]

Haha--maybe we should've switched places! You as the shepherd, me as the fox. [ a beat. ] Don't actually do that, by the way. Can you do that?