Standing back alongside Miria Xarithe's finds his eyes wandering back to the form of Albali with her back turned toward the party. Though her hood was up the image of her face was fresh in his mind. He grins, though whether or not it was merely on account of the fact she had not bitten his head off, or if there was something more to it he could not be certain. For his attention is soon grabbed by the kitsune, she having made her decision and that decision was to stay behind with the snake rather than risk wading into combat within any of the offered bellies. Naturally the safest choice, for anybody who was unfamiliar with the pressure generally output by Sira.  "Very well, it is for the best." he states with a nod, pleased that at least now he would not have to risk being distracted within the middle of combat and could put forth all of his efforts on whatever may lay in wait for them within the next room.<br/><br/>Sira would obligingly wind around the dainty woman, Xarithe hissing soft instructions to her all the while. Instructing his companion not to let her budge, or wiggle her way loose. She happily hissing back as putting the squeeze on living morsels just so happened to be her specialty. Xarithe would of course threaten her not to go overboard as he did not desire any unnecessary damage to be done to their captive, especially since he had agreed to protect her.<br/><br/>With that out of the way Xarithe sets his sights on the next objective, a room that was likely to be filled with illusions. After Albali speaks he strides up next to her, nods his head respectfully as a charming grin crosses his lips "Thank you Albali." he simply says, their recent exchange still fresh in his mind. "Let us be off then...keep your wits about you every yeah?" he casually comments stepping out towards the center most building, spearheading their approach if no others would join him by his side. His tongue splitting as he makes use of his shape shifting abilities once more, inheriting the sophisticated senses of a snake. Hoping to be able to use them to ferret out the truth amongst any potential illusions that may confront them within the next chamber.<br/><br/>Xarithe<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Using Totemic Transformation to gain senses ---low light vision and scent</div></div></div>