The Sunspire days get kind of lonely.

Vienna was glad her chin rested on her paws because if it hadn't she may have automatically shaken her head in response. Despite the pain sometimes it was hard to turn off reactions like that. "Hardly," she responded, remembering that moment with a shudder. "It got the jump on me, and I barely got away." She hadn't delivered a single hit. Her own fighting had never been much of a concern before. She had what her father taught her, which should be enough to defend herself. She couldn't help but feel that Wildheart Shadowsinger would have been quite disappointed with the way his daughter had acquitted herself.

"Has anyone else run across it?" Hopefully to take care of it, but she feared the answer a bit too. She knew Jace would go after it and though he could take care of himself she worried for him. This creature had presumably bested both she and Ferdie. Normally Vienna wasn't one to wish for the death of another creature but she knew her mind wouldn't be at ease until it happened. All she'd be able to think of was the weight of the thing when it dropped upon her and the horrible struggle that had followed.