12-03-2014, 11:03 PM
She held his gaze for a moment, unable to say anything, before turning her attention back to the bodies around them. Nodding, the Naga silently acknowledged his words. Sympathy from a human was hard to digest, but it was harder to swallow the knowledge that her friend had been killed. Furthermore, the sincerity in Sarkozy's voice surprised and shamed her.
Dwelling on that wouldn't help her, however. What she needed to do was to think. Looking around at the bodies again, Akantha tried to piece together what she had observed. The creatures hadn't just attacked. Whatever had been closest. Out of the six of them, four had gone her way. Had it not been for Ivan's assistance, she would have likely ended up like the lifeless lumps on the ground.
"Are you injured at all? You cannot trusst any woundss from the nightmaress that walk the tunnelss. They almosst look like ssomething I've sseen before."
What rested at her feet had similarities to other creatures, but those eyes had been far more intelligent than any mere beast.