[Pian Ran preens a little at the compliment, relaxing at the girl's apparent lack of ulterior motive. A part of her will remain vigilant, but for the most part she can shove that to the back of her mind.]

Thank you. I'm new here. It's all ... very strange. I like the parties and food and fun, but sometimes their idea of fun ... I don't know. [Her nose wrinkles. Nothing bad came of her being lost in that maze, but the feeling of being hunted was too real and too familiar, and it's left her jumpy.] There are cougars?

[She could probably take a cougar in a fight, but she's not sure that she'd want to try.

Pian Ran is an adult, certainly, appearing in her early twenties. By the standards of her kind, she's new to being an adult. By human standards, though, Pian Ran has been an adult for almost a hundred years.]