As Arthur lies trembling and whimpering, Feign slides up and places his hand on Jaku's shoulder, making sure to keep his other hand and the watch on it well away from Arthur's reach.  "It's okay.  They didn't get us and they never will."<br/><br/>He moves his hand down and places it on the man's face, after a moment, the whimpering and struggling stop, Arthur's slow breathing and occasional blinking are the only indications that he is still alive, his soul completely drained.  "well, it looks like I<span style="font-style: italic">can</span>still eat like I used to."  He shudders as he feels the man's soul move on, leaving powerful raw emotions in him that slowly turn into raw magic.<br/><br/>His voice is a grim murmur as he slithers away.  "Like I said, nothing personal."<br/><br/>He shudders as the foreign fear and regret finally dissipates in him, leaving him a little paler and looking a little more exhausted.  Just as he's well out of earshot, the watch beeps a few times before he silences it.  He pulls out the radio, and clears his throat, "This is Arthur reporting in...  Everything looks clear out here."<br/><br/>"Art, the doc says he heard something a little earlier in your direction, can you confirm?"<br/><br/>Feign is flustered for just a moment, "Uh yeah, there was a pretty big snake.  Saw it catch a deer.  Looked pretty brutal, actually."<br/><br/>"Gee, sure it didn't catch you our tracker showed some pretty violent movement."<br/><br/>"Damn, what are you the grand inquisitor?"  he presses the comm button again, "Heh, yeah ya caught me, I ran from the damn thing, just about busted my ass rolling down a hill too.  No problems though.  Nothing hurt but my ego."<br/><br/>"It's too dangerous out there to be joking around, man.  Make too much noise and you'll draw every predator in the valley.  Speaking of which, you should head back, Seras is getting a little nervous about the reliability of her powers."<br/><br/>He thinks as he listens to the man at the other end of the connection, "Sure thing, boss."  As he lets go of the button, Feign lets out a sigh of relief.  He looks down at the watch, carefully thinking about what he will say to draw the humans into an ambush...