There really was something almost reaching unnerving about the appearance of the little creature even for him – so he could only imagine how Tara felt confronted by the needle toothed being. He’d seen worse of course – far, far worse. And unless they were rather lucky indeed they’d seen even worse over the rest of the course of their journey too – but he couldn’t help but wonder just how the mortal girl would react to this, having seen first hand just how unnatural the beings she was coming across were.<br/><br/>‘Yes, much like rats – huddled in a pack, fearing the hand of the exterminator…’ retorted Parne, his eyes moving as slowly as possible but taking great pain to scan their surroundings for any sign of just how many of her kind surrounded them. In all possibility it was a trick – perhaps there was just this one, but he didn’t fancy finding out the hard way if at all possible. Still, that was supposing his own sharp tongue didn’t land them in trouble sooner rather than later.<br/><br/>‘Many of them there may be, but how many mortals do you know who have pledged their allegiance to one of my kind hmm? Not so many in these times… No, she is of value to me for that, and as a result I’d rather not leave her here to satisfy your perverse cravings if its all the same to you.’ He wasn’t about to let his hand be forced as to exactly how important the girl was to him – as it was even the lie he quickly fabricated might be enough for them to decide she had inherent value to be used to play them both.<br/><br/>Upon hearing Tara’s sudden and rather forceful outburst towards the little creature, it was all he could do not to laugh – instead he settled for a half stifled chuckle at her words, shrugging towards the little winged monster. ‘She has a point there you know – you can’t argue with magic’s like that, it wouldn’t have led us here unless it was a safe or beneficial path…’