Xarces does his best to remain calm as he responds to the kitsune "Whether you believe my methods to be effective or not was not the point of the conversation, the point was that I do not simply sit idle inside a stomach..... as to your claim that I allow myself into their grasp I will point out that the only stomachs I have been in whilst you are around have been the blackscale and the priestess, both of which I was fully grappled before having a chance to do much of anything. If you recall I rather handily dealt with the big oaf outside, along with his lackeys. As for the priestess usefulness that was in the past, before we ever found this chamber if you recall...." he says holding back his tongue just shy of allowing the vixen to feel the same burning heat from his words that those hapless lizards had. "Here you are again putting words in my mouth that where never spoken, the same as you put actions in the past that never once took place...... I did not accuse you of any such thing, rather I asked of whom the woman was and offered a former party member as a potential solution, as aside from demonic spirits....why else would a non blackscale be within this temple?.....Speculation is not the same as accusation."<br/><br/>The bard scoffs "Sounds more like distrust?....as if I ever had reason to trust you at all. You've more or less stated to me that your lot in life is to bring nothing but misery to all you come across, the polar opposite of my own. Sadly to this end you have not disappointed."<br/><br/>As Synys speaks of the methods of demons Xarces laughs finding something about it quite comical "Is there no end to your madness?......had it come right at you aggressively you would have resisted would you not? Even had it succeeded against you the others would have been forced to deal with it and you then and there. No I feel if it is something along those lines it's a hell of a lot smarter than you give it credit....It's the same concept as with me, while I am inside a stomach, I don't act aggressively and thus I can often cause the enemy to lower their guard....are you catching on yet or do you still believe the only solution comes at the end of a knife? The point is if it did aim to corrupt, possess, or otherwise get inside of you..... then what better way to do so than to pose as a willing meal? There would be no need for a struggle, no need for it to force itself upon you, as in fact it's quite the opposite you welcomed it with an open gullet." he reaches out and prods the kitsune's gut. "I'm not saying it is a demon, just using that as an example....my point is that whatever it is, it's not natural and I don't trust it.......it matters not now though, so lets be out of here."