blood like mercury

The slender wretch had little time to gauge the senseless blather of the woman besides her, for her attention suddenly divested upon the rustle in the unfathomable wilderness. Both enormous ears pressed forwards in alarm, and she scoured the shivering shadows for the offender.

Byl seemed distracted too, and with a sharp hiss Caiaphas sought to snap her from her retrieve. "Where?" She inquired keenly, the salient gleam of her gaze bent towards the shadows.