No, you may be right. We're in a dead end ourselves and we've learned little. But at least we've learned something. We have ourselves a little trickster. Maybe he would like to introduce himself unless he prefers names such as Tawny Creature or Cat-like sneak.
Does the the flick of blood get me any information at all that I didn't know before? Of course, the real puzzle with this creature is motivation, not makeup. But so far, it has done nothing actively to help or harm us.
I throw it a salute and then head off in the opposite direction. Ultimately, I pull out my captured trilobite and reattach it to my belt. I'll be staying in this area and sneaking around. I want to see how the sneak behaves when there is no one around.