"Confused" was not, at this point, an adequate description of what she was.

Joanna pulled the folds of her hijab away just a bit, to give whatever it was a way out. It wasn't an insect, that much was certain, and she couldn't think of anything that might feel that way-- well, a bat, perhaps, but she seriously doubted that a bat would snuggle. Or get into her hijab.

"Hello?" she whispered, and immediately felt stupid for doing so.