The downside of fast metabolism, see, all that venom was immediately distributed all over her body.

[b][color=#38b000]".......?"[/color][/b]

Verdant, flopping face first like a sad sack of soup, could only make the slightest grumble from down there. So, the paralytic part of the venom was much stronger than the necrotizing part. Well, in hindsight it's not a good idea to swallow all that. And now she's stuck for a few seconds when there's a big bad lizard glaring from too-close-for-comfort.

And Viridian's baleful green gaze fell upon her with as much judgment as a nonsentient spirit could convey. Which was surprisingly a lot, Verdant sensing the gaze burning holes behind her skull without even having to see her sister's form.

[b][color=#38b000]"...., .... ... ......."[/color][/b]

With an exaggerated roll of the eyes, the spectral ocular doing a perfectly perceivable 360 degree roll, the ethereal serpent picked up the humanoid one by the scruff of her neck, coiling in preparation for evasion should it be a necessity. Verdant, now no longer eating dirt, had a full view of the dragon that speak.

It speak!

[b][color=#38b000]"... ... ..... ....... ..... ..?[/color][/b]

The only answer she get was a noncommittal hiss.