The girl fought to calm her voice, "Hardly.." but her tone was not one of confidence. "Hold I said..." she cocked the crossbow leveled at the creature. yet her arm began to tremble. She weak...too weak to be here...why had her comrades left her alone here to die at the feet of this dragon?<br/><br/>She licked her lips as the cold biting wind whipped around her swirling snow and ruffling her long coat. She had not eaten in days, punishment for her audasity to question her comander's authority...She was now about to die at the hands of one of the very beasts she had dared question their slaughter.<br/><br/>Before she could brace herself her knee gave way, she knew in an instant that as she fell the crossbow would fire...With her last willful thought she aimed it away from the being that had NOT pounced on her and killed her as she was fully aware the dragon could have. The metal spike buring itself harmlessly in the ground as she fell to her knees.