Mel smiled as Ami joined her and then looked back at the man and the snake.  Just take some careful, slow steps back.  She said, dont make any fast or sudden moves, nice and steady is the name of the game." She told him with a smile, she had no intention of rushing into anything.  He was cute, more her age than the one with the head injury.  But she knew she had to hold her self aloft, she had always taken the higher stance, been the mother figure, so she would continue to do so.  She had made a mistake, she shouldnt have let her base instincts get the better of her. But she had and she was now feeling guilty about it.<br/><br/>She pulled her thoughts together, focusing on the man, "thats it, just a few steps, then you see that plant to you right, a dark green on with the bright pink flower.  Go round that, there is a path there, it will bring you round away from the snake" she told him, watching him closely.  "Then you can head down to us, slowly, and we'll take you to shelter." She said as thunder crashed around them.