[ The sound of footsteps over the sound of his exhausted breaths draws a glance, and Vidal quickly straightens up to stand a little more dignified, or as dignified as he could manage propped against the case. Get a load of this dude, all intact. Must be nice. He shoots the creature another look before huffing a laugh. ]

Best buds, [ he mutters with a little incredulous gesture. ] Y'know of all the times it coulda pulled this stunt off, I can't say I was expecting it to go quite like this.

[ Dropping his hand, he looks pretty miserably preoccupied with just how far up that leg is. He's been hopping for like an hour, man, what kind of sick joke is this. ]