Pets

It wouldn't take long for her to be accepted.

Carys probably takes to Sian for both reasons you mentioned. It's an interesting thing to observe, they way each newbie is also a relative of one of the already there crowd. It might be that the closest relative takes to the newbie most because they somehow recognize the relationship.

Like we'll ever know for sure.

Your plans for the day sound good, it's till early and you don't want to have a bad experience looking for her when you get home if she choose to hide.