[She picks him up easily, giggling at a little at the feeling of tiny mouse paws in her hand. She's going to be so, so disappointed to eventually learn that this is just a boy, not a real, incredibly intelligent mouse.

Kaede hums and tilts her head, taking a few seconds to try to figure out what it's miming now.]

Is... that a church? Oh! That's right, you always hear about mice being in churches.

[Should she realize that a mouse making the sign of the cross probably isn't native to Faerun? Yes, definitely. Will she? Not for a while.

Off to the temple they go! Kaede keeps him carefully cupped in both hands, holding him about her eye level so he can look around.]

You're really smart for a mouse... did a wizard teach you to understand human language? Or, um, Common, I guess...

[There sure are nonhumans around!! It's easy to forget that.]