Ami startled visibly. She may have talked to the chipmunk, but she hadn't really expected it to talk back. Evidently, she'd been more tired than she'd thought. She was working too hard after all. Talking chipmunks did not (normally) exist, and were certainly not in her room.

It was pure curiosity that compelled her to answer him anyway. She stood tall, looming over the small animal, peering down at him from the advantage of her height.

"Who are you?"