"It's all right. We all had bad things, didn't we?" Manticore circles around Steph inquisitively as Shrieky speaks, then without any real warning, there comes a sound like the roaring of high winds, jagged, and unpleasant to the ear.

Whatever Shrieky was planning on saying is lost in his bafflement. He's never heard the manticore make that sound before, and it's a touch worrying. It doesn't even occur to him that this might be the noise of a manticore growling at Steph...