[center][h2][color=F0E68C]Asteria[/color][/h2][/center][hr][hr]

Asteria chattered happily at Mother Rat as the other rodent took some of the fish she had been able to catch easily enough. She’d intended for those to be for Mother, possibly even Ed and the others if they wanted it, anyways. And there was a definite satisfaction at finally advancing some skills – the notes they contained led her to mark the Harder and Better skills as her next goal. Before she could even spend time thinking on how to improve any further, however, a zombie Dire Rat charged towards her in an attack. Asteria braced for the attack, hissing at the enemy. What was it thinking? Were the zombies going rogue or was there something else? It seemed they might engage in combat any second, but Jason managed to launch between the trio of rats, in an attempt to protect Mother and her, it seemed. 

[color=F0E68C]“Wait, those things are actually bothered by [i]digging[/i]? It’s just some harmless terraforming not a destruction of the dungeon,”[/color] she grumbled. [color=F0E68C]“You could have just focused on the fireball, you idiot,”[/color] she directed at the zombie-rat, uncaring that it was unlikely to understand her complaint.

Asteria bristled slightly at Jason’s presumption that she’d just follow any order of his, but since she didn’t want to risk her or Mother getting zombified, she decided to follow. [color=F0E68C][i]Yeah, I suppose he’s right to just look at me as an underling when all I do is obey…I will just have to get stronger for this might-is-right world, it would seem.[/i][/color] Asteria nudged Mother, and said [color=F0E68C]“Let’s stick close to Jason for now,”[/color] gesturing towards the departing slime, then leaving herself. She pursued the green slime slowly at first, glancing back cautiously at the frenzied zombie-rat and waiting for Mother to catch up. Once she was sure Mother Rat was following, Asteria sped up, smirking at the ease with which she was now able to catch up to and then run next to Jason. 

[color=F0E68C]“If we encounter an ex-human, let’s try to resolve this situation peacefully, alright?”[/color] she suggested to Jason. Even though she’d already helped kill goblins, who obviously were sentient being, she still wanted to draw the line somewhere. Though if any of them attacked first…Well, there would be no point in leaving a danger like that around if not even discussion brought favourable results. [color=F0E68C][i]If they’re an ex-human, maybe they’ll just agree to a non-aggression pact if nothing else.[/i][/color]

[@Guy0fV4lor]