[There's some apprehension when he doesn't see Melody with them, as well as guilt when he sees how they initially shrink back and whine at his appearance. Remembering how he had attacked them, he can't blame them.]

Where's Melody?

[They whine, but seeing that Eustace is back to normal, they trot up quickly, Bri especially putting her paws up to be picked up for cuddles. As he does, he'll hear they tried to catch her, but she ran off towards this direction while singing some nonsensical song about luring out "Reds for the Wolf." Running a hand over his face, he sighs.]

They say she ran out of the forest to find a cottage... If I remember right, she was pretending to be some kind of "grandmother," and we were targeting "Red Riding Hood." She must be in another cottage since she didn't come here.