Serene suppresses a giggle when she hears how quickly she lost her calm at simply being dragged along for the ride, and after a moment she pulled Lex up in front of her, pausing in her walk to give the scientist a direct stare. "Yes, but if the slime is following us, then it is now between you and whatever being in range means, so you do not want to go that way. Furthermore, you offered yourself as food for me. Is there any reason that I should let the largest edible thing out here go? Besides, it hardly matters that we don't know what may be inside those caves, because whatever is there won't already be looking for me, and to me, that's definitely a good reason to keep walking this way." She then tosses Lex over her shoulders and starts walking again, a large grin plastered on her face.<br/><br/>After only a moment, she gives Lex a slight pat on the back. "Hey, since I'm traveling with you, I just about have to protect you, so unless you want to forefit my protection for the chance that you can get yourself killed by anything following us, or by what's still inside you, feel free, but my protection of you also extends to myself. That's one of the reasons I haven't eaten you already, so just pipe down and be grateful that I'll be trying to keep you alive." she tells her with a smile, her tail swishing happily.