Don't Chew With Your Mouth Full

Tearing into the serpent’s scaley skin, Rhazien gouged out a hole big enough for entrails to weep out. But of course, it didn’t spill out onto the ground as he anticipated it would...  and that was due to the snake’s anatomy, because it was a long, tubular creature. Admittedly, Rhazien was a little disappointed. He loved making a gory mess out of his enemies. The splattered blood across his face and chest as an attestation to that, and so what his relentless assault on the serpent.

And finally, with their combined efforts, the beast would become limp. Slumped down in a growing puddle of blood, internal organs scattered around it like decor. He couldn’t help but smile at the carnage- licking the sinew from his lips, as he turned to face the boy. “Ever killed a snake that big before?” He inquired, as he gravitated towards the youngster. Analyzing him more closely, trying to decipher if he was familiar at all. He had cat claws, which was interesting. Did all the wolves in these lands have weird mutations?

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