Alia licked his lips as he slithered through the tunnels of the pit. It was difficult to gauge the passage of time in the darkness of the caverns, but he knew that it should not be long until the days sacrifice. He was eager to snatch it up this time and his huge bulk slithered and crawled through the caverns. He had though about hiding at first. But then something more fun came to mind. Instead he slithered out fully, so that his bulk would just be visible at the edge of the drop beneath her.