Lake Rodney There is room in my lap

Corvus swore that he'd heard a serpent's hiss, but the elder did not react as if there were one about. Though only further confused, he did not move, curiosity getting the better of him; that, and he had nothing better to be doing. He then saw her approach him, irritation clear in her grimace and even more so in the harshness of her grating voice. What was she going to do? He had not an ounce of worry. Corvus laughed louder now, not bothering to apply restraint or even to move from his lying position on the ground.