Time for Freedom

The movement at first didn't catch her eye, and then both snapped wide open moments later as she processed what she saw. Yep. That was a very, very large snake rearing up. But then, the movement was off. It wasn't fast. It was slow, fluid. Very different from normal. And then the snake spoke.

Lyra's mouth opened, closed. Opened, and closed again. As she processed a snake talking, and then what the snake said. A snake was talking to her and it was complimenting her. Was she hallucinating? She didn't eat any fun mushrooms this time though. Though the idea of ever touching mushrooms again was... Horrifying after the events of her return to the continent.

"Thank you? As are you a mesmerizing sight yourself." She managed to make only the first half a sort of question; something she was proud of if you asked her