Two Eyes Cenote [m] Adder

The muddy ears twitched as he listened to Eset begin her explanation, his gaze trailing her form with all of the warmth and empathy of a glacier, every word she spoke only solidifying the icy barrier between them.

"I will do what I must to survive," Eset declared lowly, and though her story hung in the air, her words did not surprise him. They merely confirmed what he had already imagined, the suspicions that had gnawed at him for weeks like a festering wound. He had shared these very thoughts with her once some time ago, the truth of their situation laid bare between them.

"And so will you," she added, although the man was unsure if she knew the lengths to which he would reach.

I will. A final warning as he placed his filthy palm into her own.