Oh, good she was laughing! Like, in a friendly way, not a hungry wolf way. And offering to lead! Maybe there was hope for this rat yet.

"A-are you really going to help me? Is it okay? I, um, I'll probably also need a lot of help once we get out of here and back into the loud and dangerous place too," she added, figuring that if this woman was going to be nice enough to save her, she deserved full disclosure as to just what she was signing up for.