Serpent Lake my spirit rises off the plate

Aware as he was of his own stature and that of the larger female, Phares was not dissuaded by her presence alone. Her words were demanding, but he wasn't one to back down so easily. However, he did take a cautious step back as she strode towards him, and his spindly tail whipped behind him in vexation. "I..." he began but cut himself off and moved aside to simply watch as the woman went straight for the snake, severing its head with an audible click of her jaws.

He couldn't say he wasn't annoyed that she had done the honours, but what was done, was done. The priest withheld a sigh before gingerly taking his share of the creature, dragging it off the rock to keep between his forepaws as he took a seat facing the stranger. "A talisman," he answered. "Wards away the evil."