SoNem landed near the humans. He felt [i]foua[/i] lick at the back of his throat like bile. If they tried to attack him, he would be ready. He then heard the [i]thump, thump[/i] of the others landing beside him. His tail twitched in frustration. They had chosen not to listen and followed him to meet the humans. Well, no matter. If they wanted to help him finish the humans off, it was fine by him.

[b]“We mean no harm. We come in peace... We wish to help.”[/b]

SoNem wavered. One of the humans was civil enough to speak Drakine? It had a thick accent, but the words were intelligible enough. Still, it could be a trap. Humans were tricky fiends, not to be trusted. He saw a flash of movement off to his right and Istaria came forward.

“How can you help?” she asked. SoNem looked at her incredulously. She trusted these humans after all their kind had done? Their Queen was gone; their home was gone; everything was gone. How could Istaria and Seulki go to them for help?

“This is ridiculous,” SoNem hissed. “We should kill them while we still have them trapped.”