The two cloaked figures exchanged looks, still concealing their bodies and features. They seemed to ignore the mermaid, content to let her suffer - all surface-walkers who did not worship the Serpent God were apostates and fools not worthy of their concern. This female envoy however, who seemed to possess a physically attractive figure that enticed other surface-walkers, did little to sway the cloaked figures through sexual appeal. Instead, the crystals that she mentioned were what fired up their interest; one of the Nagai reached down and scooped up one of the mermaid's breasts with one scaled hand, kneading them with considerable experience as he hissed conversationally, "Interessst: You ssspeak boldly for a ssstranger in our landsss, but thessse cryssstalsss you mention may yet redeem your blasssphemy..."<br/><br/>Squeezing the mermaid's breast with one hand, the cloaked figure's other hand reached up and teased the other breast skilfully while his companion raised his head, revealing reptilian features and a distinct serpentine face that glared at Narina with surprisingly unnerving force. "Ssssussspicious: We ssshall sssend word to the depthsss, and if the God deemsss you fit to enter the watersss, then we ssshall let you through," The golden orbs blinked in a strange manner before the speaker continued, "Warning: Ssshould you try to do anything while you wait, however, we ssshall ssshow no mercy." The cloaked figure nodded at his partner tormenting the mermaid, who nodded. The both of them relinquished their grip on the mermaid, allowing the blushing mermaid to fall upon the ground roughly as one of the cloaked figures turned and literally walked right into the sea.<br/>