@Blitz Boom
Maybe she was starting to get anxious, because Pastel instinctively covered her face prepared to be mauled-- before releasing her tension and giggling.
"Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes! First friendly thing today!"
Pastel happily praised the owl, letting it relax in her mane. Looks like she had a companion now too!
She looked at Jelly, running her hoof back and forth in the grass before looking at her with a rare concerned expression.
"Umm... You kinda scared the hay out of me. I don't care if I get hurt, I can take it, I'm a heroine! But if you got hurt cos of me, umm, I'd be really mad... but, that being said, you were pretty cool. Like, umm, Princess Twilight cool."