Serpent Lake go for the throat

Rajani's cool gaze remained unmoving on Scarab as a shiver ran through his body again. When the boy claimed he had been a monster for long before, Rajani's eyes widened. On one hand, she wanted to laugh at that. But on the other hand, she only half disbelieved him; superstition was a weakness for her; and so she took just the slightest shift backward away from the kid, just in case.

When the monster boy growled at her, her eyes narrowed in annoyance with him. "If there is a way I can help you, I will gladly oblige. I have pity for you. Otherwise I will give you my blessing and leave you to live or rot." She informed him in response to his proposal that she leave. Rajani was telling the truth, she was willing to do a favor. She did not see it as an act of service to him- she saw it as an act of her own kindness, something he would be lucky to receive. In her mind, he should have been grateful for her offer.