Brand looked a bit confused.  He'd never encountered prey that<span style="font-style: italic">enjoyed</span>being eaten.  He gulped her down, letting her slide down his warm, slick throat.  After a couple of hard swallows, her bulge followed the squirrel's down his throat and towards his stomach.  Moments later she had vanished as well.<br/><br/>He stood and gestured again.  A third victim was yanked out of the brush and into his grasp.<br/><br/>"The process could take months...even years," he said.  "I still can't imagine anyone giving up that much time just for a predatory dragon's territory."