On a forrest walk you come across a clearing with a group of ferrets sleeping atop what seems like a woman with a ferret tail and ears

Some of the ferrets keeping watch alarm the others as soon as they notice you with a loud squeak that makes the woman jump out of her sleep

Laimu: "Ahh! What is it!? A predator!? Hide behind me little ones!"

She stands protectively in front of her friends even though she shakes in fear herself. A white ferret perched on her shoulder assists her