She can tell by the cast of Elanna's face the gist of what's happened; predators had a... glow in their eyes that she'd been drawn to ever since she was old enough to start her training for her job. And the traveler- yeah, she had the glow about her now. Didn't have to see her swollen belly to know that, but of course her gaze lingered there for a few moments. Shutting the new arrivals out of her mind, she focused- [[ Going to make a perception roll to try to hear digestion;<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/113371">Per Roll</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+12</span><span style="font-weight: bold">20</span>and that's probably good enough ]]<br/><br/>And inhaled. Well, as she thought, Elanna wasn't going easy on Xarces; the rippling, taut flesh of her stomach wasn't enough to muffle the sounds of eager digestion going on under it. What she didn't hear were any calls for help, or sounds of struggle- indeed, the man's voice is just as calm and pleasant as could be, assuring everyone he was fine in there and to just go on. Alizome paused for a second, thinking. If she hadn't been able to pick out the sounds of gurgling and digestion with her big ears, she would have no idea that the man was actually in the process of being turned into more padding for Elanna's curves. That meant that either Xarces was being mind controlled by the thing that had possessed Elanna to eat him- not very likely- that he had given up on life and was eager to be digested in peace and become part of Elanna, or that he had some other secret plan for escaping from the new predator with his body and soul intact. In the first case, if she tried to interfere she'd be going up against a god, and in the second two cases her interference wasn't wanted. Though she hoped for the third... well, in no case was her interference the proper move.<br/><br/>Thus, despite her initial urge to go tell Elanna that if she let Xarces go in favor of the big ox, Ali would teach her all sorts of ways a prey could please a predator without being digested that night... she stayed quiet and smiled. Who was she to interfere with someone else's big plan or decision? Xarces was a big boy- he could take care of himself, or he could bulk up Elanna's breasts. So, instead of interfering, she rolled over towards Prinne, reached out, and used the other woman's roots to pull herself up to her feet.<br/><br/>[[ Only for Ria, and those who can make a DC 26 Perception Check to beat:<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/113373">Sleight of Hand</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+10</span><span style="font-weight: bold">26</span>]]<br/><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;">Though it looks like Alizome is using her hands to pull herself up via Prinne's roots, she doesn't put any actual weight or stress onto the other woman's lower appendages- that would be rude. Instead, she appears to be... groping the roots, very lightly. And somehow she seems to have a decent though not perfect idea of what areas are a bit more sensitive than others.</div></div></div><br/><br/>With a quiet, small grin on her face, she steps away from the ox. "I strongly suggest that you tell us everything you know," she chimes in, "Or my house will be extremely upset that a party under their protection was subjected to such dangers and-" she gestures at Elanna, "losses, without explanation."<br/><br/><br/>[[Naughty elf<img alt=":-P" src="./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif" title="Razz"/>]]