Snakes. Snakes were just big lizards. Their heads came off too. By the time Sae'Ka caught up to her constructs, Aza was busily attempting to drown one of them in the topmost tier of a fountain, a process that involved a great deal of hissing and screeching and splashing. The jewels in the fox's neckpiece flashed every time she made contact with the magical snake, creating bursts of light that dazzled off the flying water. A second snake managed the wet climb and began to wrap up one of her hind legs, making Aza spin and grab the thing in her sharp little teeth, then whip it out into the gardens with a fling of her head and a shower of sparkles.<br/><br/>The collar, besides being ostentatious, must have carried protections of some kind, allowing the fox to continue stomping the first snake beneath the water while the third slithered up towards her.<em>YOU</em>, said Aza's cutely murderous glare at the drow below. This was to be a kidnapping attempt, then? Aza was<em>done </em>with those. She pinned the first snake with both front paws, plunged her muzzle under the water, bit down, and yanked. The body was still writhing when it hit the floor in front of Sae'Ka's boots, along with a fresh wave of fountain water.<br/><br/>For looking like a dog, Aza climbed like a cat; she was clambering her way up one of the palm trees towards the cutouts in the stone ceiling when the bloodspattered boys came trotting through.<em>Accomplices</em>, she snarled at them, her light surging in intensity as they drew near. It was their first opportunity to notice some of what the drow probably hoped they wouldn't.