Ankyra Sound best served cold

His mind showed him flashes of red-on-black, of crumpled ferns accompanied by a rising din of screeches, of the feeling that he was being stalked in the dark — and as he winced away from the sound that only he could hear, shutting his eyes and turning away as if he had been struck, he heard Immense, right?

As Firefly blinked away the messy memory, he could hear his pulse pounding in his ears and taste a sour note in his own saliva, like he'd been running too hard. His eyes - or, his good eye anyway - focused on Caiaphas as the thought melted away. He allowed himself a small glance at the giant trees and lingering shadows, and nodded.

They're bigger than I've seen, he commented tonelessly, and side-stepped around her so that she was between himself and the forest, as if that would ease his anxiety. I was.. Going to check them out. But they're giant, dark, and deep, he thought. What monsters lurked among those trees?