Snippet #1708634

Songrose bit her lip as Disir explained the situation, glancing out the door past them. "If that army is so close, we won't have time for much else..." She shook her head sadly. She had hoped that, by living in this village, she could avoid having to fight again. Her prey never put up much of a fight, so she never counted them, but otherwise, she had managed to avoid all sorts of violence that she had grown used to years ago. "We can't run, Disir..." she said, turning her attention to him, then the two humans, then Yamane, then back out the door. "We have to see what we can do to protect the village. I'm not going to be chased out of my home again!" She glanced back at Alistair. "I suppose, if you really want anything answered, it's either going to have to wait, or have to be asked on the way there. I can't stay here while an army marches on a village that has no army."

She hated having to do this, but turned to go to her bedroom, and pulled out from under the bed a blade; a sword. She hadn't used it in years, and even then only against humans. She had yet to use her full strength while using it, and wasn't sure how well it would stand up. But strapping it to her back gave her a slightly more fearsome appearance, and so hopefully she would be able to avoid too much fighting. She headed back to where everyone else was, near the door. She glanced at Disir. "If you don't want to fight your own kin, I would suggest you stay here and watch the humans. If you want to help fight, I'm heading there now." She would follow the scent of fire that Disir seemed to hate so much; perhaps it was one of the few things that could harm them, like it could her. She looked at Yamane. "I'm not going to force you to fight; only ask if you are willing." Then she turned a fierce gaze between the humans. "And you two...you two are going to have to stay out of trouble, whether you stay here, or follow. I would rather you stay here, but if I'm gone, I can't physically force you to stay here."

Raine hesitated as she listened to the lizard thing and the pale woman talking. She winced as the giant lizard called her stupid, but maybe it was true. She knew what the villagers said about the forest, and still she had wanted to explore it. She shook her head; she wasn't stupid! She had survived after going into the forest, and she could prove it, too! "I'm not stupid!" she argued, although it hardly seemed like a good idea when the lizard could probablt tear her apart. "And I don't want to hide!" She winced slightly as a man in the house started walking towards her; was she in for a lecture? Better yet, was he even one of the humans, or something else she needed to be afraid of? She hated this...maybe she should never have left the house.

(Edit: Ues, he has heard her name already. Songrose introduced herself and Yamane when she first saw the human.)