Max froze at first she didn't understand that was until she remembered what Belle had said, how...Laika was pulling them into a game. Laika! Face paled the young girl wasn't sure how to respond, "Laika?", she finally said feeling a little betrayed as well as like an idiot for letting herself get caught up in this trap. "That's...that's you?", it made sense now...the lizard like woman and the sudden changes, she was a shape shifter this whole time. "This whole time...Belle was right...", she whispered wishing she could disappear as she got closer and closer. "You were just trying to gain my trust just so that you could", she couldn't even bring herself to say it.