Piper nearly froze the pair as soon as she saw them. But she held back when she realized they're innocents.

"Ooh, all right." She looked down at the girl, then up at her uncle. "Right. Hi there." Piper tucked her hair behind her ears and crouched down to the girl's level."Hi, Ceilidh, I'm Piper. Can either of you tell me what this place is? Why there's so many people around here?"