Chira's description of her own stomach, seemed very much accurate. As Xarius had discovered, the soldiers within had already ceased in their struggles, and were well on their way to being fully digested already. A stark contrast to the state of the mage he had felt not too long ago within Delia's own belly. "While I will agree with you that a fast acting belly, would be a tactical boon in comparison to one which allows a meal to languish and live for an extended period of time. One cannot fault Delia for her methods. She is a succubus after all, so finding pleasure in a meal is very much her nature, and while a more physical fighter would be impeded by such a large belly, her reliance on spells diminishes this drawback, if only a little." Xarius explains, assessing the conflicting styles as professionally as he is able.  "Of course...." he adds with a sly little grin "there's nothing wrong with taking some time to enjoy oneself now and then, especially when victory is assured." The neko reaching out to lightly pat the side of Chira's tummy in emphasis as they walked. He had not forgotten how she'd held back her enjoyment of his healing ministrations not once, but twice already. A part of him felt bad for her really, having to maintain such a serious demeanor, forgoing personal enjoyment for the sake of their freedom, even if her actions had been rather harsh at times, in particular in relation to the lapine. "I do have to wonder though...do you ever find time to enjoy your meals?" he poses the question, rubbing just a little more assertively the supple curve of her dangling belly. "Surely you must enjoy the motions of a living being within you, pressing, pushing, and rubbing against areas unreachable by most. the desperate struggle for survival as your body ultimately claims them, supping away their strength and nutrition, to sate, and satisfy, and fuel your own body. Their life ending, only for them to become a part of your own, adding to your body, while their own is destined to fall as waste from beneath your tail, utterly digested, a testimate to the efficiency of your fast acting tummy." he concludes, grinning as he eyes her curiously as he gauges her reaction.<br/><br/>The remainder of the sailor's surrender goes smoothly enough. With Chira at the forefront, while Xarius and Mona look on from a safe distance, providing ranged support, should any attempt to flee or fight back. Mona's decision to abstain from eating one of the sailors, is greeted with a smile of approval on the face of the paladin. They did after all, have the guard still locked away, and those across from them were all cooperating for the time being. For all her outbursts, and potentially destructive ideas, it could not be said that Mona lacked self control. She'd not after all set the ship's rigging ablaze, and even while waist deep within an enemy soldier's mouth, she'd maintained her composure well enough in battle to have refrained from lighting the ship on fire. "We'll go and pay him a visit then once this is over." the paladin comments, an eagerness evident in his voice, as he was looking forward to seeing her rewarded. Likely in part due to the fact he'd costed her a meal in the previous combat, and the secure offering of a backup meant he'd not have to risk ventureing into the woman's tum himself in order to satisfy her.<br/><br/>The warm embrace that follows was a pleasant surprise, and the feeling of the mages lips touch ever so briefly against Xarius' cheek, is enough to widen his smile even further. While deep down a part of him would second guess his decision, despite the more logical part realizing this was the better of the two options. Offering up a previous enemy to sate the hunger of the fire mage, was much more practical than venturing into her belly on his own, an experience he had no doubt would be undeniably pleasurable for Mona, yet one he wasn't entirely certain he'd be guaranteed to come out of alive.<br/><br/>While enjoying the softness of Mona's body in their brief little embrace, Xarius hand resting upon her hip, as his free hand maintains the aim of his weapon. The moment is short lived however, and Xarius would come to appreciate her leaving his crossbow arm open, as a voice suddenly rings amidst in the crowd. A panicked soldier springing forward to attack, apparently startled by the image of Chira. Without hesitation Xarius buries a bolt within his flesh, dropping him to the deck, with a follow up splash of flame on Mona's behalf. "Nice to see we were both aware enough to attack." he teases, giving her body the gentlest of squeezes as he looks on at the fallen attacker. They'ed spared Chira any more punishment, which alone was enough to make the paladin rejoice. Poor centaur had sustained enough attacks during their escape after all. While he did question why the soldier refereed to Chira as the butcher, and what sort of past  experience could of led him to doing so, given their current position, the paladin wasn't entirely concerned.<br/><br/>Mona's subsequent request is met with no resistance on Xarius' behalf. Stepping back he allows Chira to bring the injured soldier forth, delivering him unto Mona, who wastes little time in making a meal of the man. Embracing him immediately, not unlike she'd recently done to Xarius himself. Only to bury his head between her lips, licking and lapping at the seared flesh upon his face, before swallowing him down at a surprisingly steady rate. It was clear she'd done this before, and while lacking the raw physical power of Chira, Mona was displaying herself to be no less capable of devouring a man in his entirety.  From his vantage point, Xarius is able to get a good look at the entire swallowing process. Able to look on at her lips, steadily sliding over him, envisioning how delightful that must feel, based on the smallest of smooches she'd placed on his cheek. His flesh still lightly warmed by the absence of her kiss. Further he watches her neck swell and stretch, displaying the vivid bulges and shapes of the soldier in his decent. Such tightly stretched flesh, muscles visibly rippling over his form pulling and tugging him deeper into her slender figure. While her attire was not the most form fitting, being little more than prison rags, Xarius is able to make out enough of her body, as the soldier begins to fill out her middle as a well defined bulge to become more than a little envious of the man. "Mona...I must say, I'm glad to see that had our escape gone poorly, I'd have been in good hands..or well stomach in this case." he teases as she finishes her meal, striding over to hug him once more.<br/><br/>Xarius is more than ready this time, where as the first hug had caught him a little off guard, after witnessing her efficiently swallow the injured soldier down, the paladin's eyes were already glued to her frame. Allowing his gaze to linger on her weakly struggling stomach, Xarius' eyes lift back up over the softness of her breasts, the padded barrier from which the soldier had been momentarily hidden from sight as he descended, up further still to her once more slender neck, and finally onto the fire mage's lips as she speaks. "Oh but of course, it would be my honor to spend the night with you, rubbing down this well earned meal." he responds with a grin, ever so gently caressing over the shape of her tum with his free hand, while maintaining his aim with his recently reloaded weapon.