Chain Chomp

The male responded quickly and earned a smile from Esti. This guy was pretty cute in a way. She almost expected him to do something truly chivalrous with his sweet talk. He did. Kind of. As the gator turned back to Esti, the brute was suddenly on top of it. Esti's maw dropped and she let out a small gasp. Was he crazy? He smiled at her triumphantly and Esti shot him a sharp grin, her eyes narrowing slightly as if to ask, "really?"

Esti was impressed, however, but she didn't exactly know how to react. It seemed like any movement could upset this balance of safety the brute had on the beast. If she grabbed the thing's tail, it could probably throw the brute off, and that would be fun to watch, but on the other hand, Esti valued her life. She stood there a moment then asked the obvious, "Now what?"

"Speech"
'thoughts'