Five seconds. He had stepped away from his little campsite in the forest clearing for five minutes to get some more wood for the fire place. And the second he got back, he drew his sword, noticing that something was at the campsite. It looked almost like a normal child, expect for the small tail with a silk ribbon bow and a halo covered in little flowers and gems hanging off like earrings...that, and the fact it's 'freckles' were star shaped