Illtraen's attention was caught on the serpent, and the blood slowly coming from Payne.  Illtraens species were pure vegetarians, which explained why he'd never touched a piece of meat in his life.  He closed his eyes and tried to keep the fear form surfacing, tried to keep his highly attuned ears from hearing that disgusting sound.  This only succeeded in making him tremble more.<br/><br/>Luckily for him Mirhall sensed this, and began emanating, rather noisily, some music that Illtraen had grown fond of.<br/><br/>"Thank you..."  He said, she simply nodded at him and disappeared into thin air again.