Spike grunts as the bile pours over his hands, ignoring the sensation.  Fortunately, his sandles kept his feet off the floor.  As he dragged the cooks body out, he nearly turned away, and his check of the body confirmed that he had passed.  Fully extracting the poor body, he took it over to the pump in the kitchen and, using one of the cooks own pots, began to fill it with water and ritually clean the body of the cook.  As he worked, he said over his shoulder, "If your fox wants the leopard, feel free to shrink him, or whatever..."<br/><br/>Even as he worked, he began to think abiout what was coming from Lilium's belly.  'I remember Mirana mentioning something about an artifact to the south, growing the beasts, perhaps I should check that out.  If that's where Lesik's camp is, perhaps there are other's here who'd be interested.'