Alice saw NiGHTS coming from a little ways away, and so preoccupied was she with trying to work out what it was that she entirely forgot to be surprised until he uncurled directly in front of her. "Oh!" she exclaimed, taking a step back, but presently she remembered her manners and added on, "Hello yourself!" (Although now she was even less sure what she meant by that - he was dressed as a fool, but could curl up like a pill-bug and bounce like a jumping bean? Certainly she'd never seen a creature like that before.)