[CC Command: Talking with a Mouse]<br/><br/>Milo seems very open to talk with you, now that she's assured you aren't going to devour her. So, you begin by sharing in her sentiment that it is nice to find someone who isn't trying to murder you, bringing up that even your new pets wanted to eat you at first.<br/><br/>"Yes, I noticed the two beasts leading you here, which was why I believed you were a<span style="font-weight: bold">Hunter</span>." She pauses there, and contemplates for a second, before giving you a weak smile. "In case you don't know, a Hunter is a prey like us who has... embraced a predatory nature in order to survive." Pointing to the symbol on her belly, she looks to the identical one on your head. "Their symbols change, and if one of them eats one of us... we don't come back...<span style="font-weight: bold">ever</span>." The mouse can't stop herself from letting out a little squeak at that. "I know one will come for me eventually. I cannot express how grateful I am that you aren't one of them."<br/><br/>Turning her attention back to your dogs, she gives a little wave towards them. "I am impressed that you managed to tame such monsters! How did you accomplish a feat?" You reveal your secret, and she just stares at you blankly, before returning to her pleasant smile. "While I was expecting something more... grand, that seems effective... I think."<br/><br/>She really doesn't seem impressed with your beast-taming powers, so you decide to turn the conversation to her. She said she was a songstress, and you heard her song as you entered the room, what does it all mean?<br/><br/>Her smile brightens at your questions, and she seems to suddenly become excited.<br/><br/>"Well, a songstress is more-or-less a witch, only we convey our magical ability through song. It takes longer than incantation, but the effects can be much more... potent." She turns, and points to the crystal growing out of the wall behind her bath. "For example! This crystal..." You notice her voice taking on a slightly... manic tone. "The water! The insanity... It's all thanks to my song."<br/><br/>You can only stare and blink, before the question slips through your lips.<br/><br/>Why?<br/><br/>Immediately, her smile fades, and she carefully lowers herself onto her knees in the water.<br/><br/>"Because... I refuse to be the toy of these rats any longer. Ever since they, that sniffling rat prince and his disgusting harem, discovered I was an eternal prey, my soul has been bound to this... this birdbath! I revive here every time one of them decides to chew me into a bloody pulp, only to be immediately grabbed out of the water and stuffed into unspeakable places before I have time to recover! I have been mutilated in so many different ways for their amusement, had all my dignity and purity I was taught to maintain taken from me..." She sighs, and gives you a tired smile. She seems very... old, sitting there the way she is. "So... I've been enchanting the waters that flow through these caves with my song. Surely you've seen the effect it has on them... The sickness I have cast on them... It will drive them to insanity, until..." She looks back at the crystal. "... Until they are nothing more than lewd statues for the bats to sleep on."<br/><br/>She looks back up at you, and smiles nervously. "... There. That's why... And that's why I wouldn't blame you for killing me."<br/><br/>[Awaiting Input]<br/><br/>(Welp, I just went darker than I originally intended... Oh, who am I kidding? This was my plan the whole time.)