You've come to the forest to look at an ancient shrine - nobody knows what it was for back in the day, but it certainly looks cool now. But when you make it to the shrine on top of the hill, you notice that a few feet away stands a bipedal fox of some sort. He's looking towards the setting sun, but when he hears your footsteps he turns towards you.

Hiya! Um, what's up? His tail wags gently.