Snippet #2355883

Andromeda jumped when she was tapped on the shoulder. Another avatar had been watching them from the shadows, and now chose to introduce herself to throw in her ideas. Feeling a bit disturbed, she listened to what Corki had to say. She got the impression that the skipper woman was presenting herself as someone who hunted big cats, and after Andromeda being the one she gave a little scare, that was a bit... she couldn't decide if it was creepy, or a strange but clever and subtly made joke, or just coincidence.

If it was coincidence, she might just as well make the joke herself. She pulled the torch out of the ground, held it high above her head, and tried to see what was on the other side of the river. "I still can't tell if there are masks over there or not, but I guess we won't be needing any of those from over there. We've already seen that Corki likes to sneak up on big cats." She drove the torch back into the sand to mark the punchline.

After pausing to smile, thoughts began to try to fit together in her head. They were guessing there might be an unseen puzzle part, something representing something that hunted panthers, but then to keep the boat moving there would also have to be a hunter of hunters, a hunter of hunters of hunters, and so on, an infinite food chain half of which was supposed to be on this beach. Actually, that half chain that wasn't to be seen here would be only a quarter of the real one, because everything eats something. She wondered aloud "What does the deer eat?".