[PQ] Snake you're a snake I can see it in your face

Kaisel

One foot in the ground
One foot in the grave

His eyes widen a bit as Maea tosses him lead. He's never been given anything but the half-shitty, or fully-shitty, tasks that usually involve being tucked safely in the middle of a group, like a baby buffalo the herd is afraid the lions will eat. Maea might as well have just crowned him with a shining tiara and made him king of the climb for the way this feels.

A bright grin quickly eats up all the surprised wonder, and he nods towards her as he jumps down from his perch on the rock. He glances at the fire that she sends his way, grateful for the light, though the heat adds another layer to the ones already set upon him from the season and the springs. Sweat beads quickly, but it doesn't erase the light-footed jaunt he feels as he walks along the caverns, eyes peeled for lilies and serpents.

Something shimmers oddly, reflecting back from the light, and Kaisel points his chakram towards it so the rest can see. "Looks like a loose scale over there," he comments as he steps carefully towards it, the dark object glittering in a way different from the stones.

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Kaisel sees a stray scale

It's not the devil at your door
It's just your shadow on the floor