Even those who know better than to speak their true names usually have a better answer than that.

[She sounds, and feels, curiously disappointed. As she speaks, her voice spilling out from all of the trees around her like an echo she quietly and swiftly climbs up the white-barked tree she had been standing behind, using the height it gives her to get a better look at their soon-to-be guest.]

You are not alone. [It is not a question, even though she is struggling to see clearly enough to be sure of who or what he has with him.] Perhaps your friend would like to speak instead?