Loki isn't surprised in the least that this is Cricket's response to a strange animal wandering up to him. The young man was so incredibly sweet, big-hearted in a way that the trickster was both enamored with and incredibly fearful for.

It was so easy to hurt a person like that after all.

But for now all was well. The stoat stretched it's little neck out to sniff at offered fingers, setting teeth lightly against a fingertip in a play-bite before it was skittering back a couple feet. A soft huffy little noise as it jumped, darting a wide circle around Cricket's hand before hustling right up to hop right up onto the palm and up the sleeve of his jacket, right up onto his shoulder, where he was granted a tiny little lick against the cheek.