One of the sounds that Murphy may have heard behind him was the loud cursing of a frustrated elf re-examining the fairy blaster she held in her hands. Although she had a woollen snow cap pulled down over her ears to disguise their pointed tips, there was nothing she could do to hide the fact that she was barely a metre tall. Well, nothing apart from disappearing from the visible spectrum entirely, and if she did that, then she certainly wouldn't be able to shoot straight. Not in her current state.

It was only then that she realized that the Mud Man was looking in her direction. Oops, Holly thought to herself. She'd probably disturbed him. "Hey," she said, lowering her weapon and rubbing at the back of her head sheepishly with one hand. "Sorry about that. Don't mind me, nothing to see here." Although she hadn't planned on drawing too much attention to herself, it was probably a bit too late for that now, and acting as surly as she felt could possibly escalate the situation. You could never be too sure when it came to humans.