Amanda whirled about at the unexpected voice, instinctively reaching out with her telekinesis and lifting several volcanic rocks. They floated around her, ready to be hurled forth. She let out a sigh of relief when she saw the stranger wasn't hostile. She let the rocks clatter to the ground, tumbling down the slope around her.
Wiping the sweat from her brow, Amanda looked over the stranger's form. Unexpected, but not unheard of. She tried not to stare too much at the fox ears, not wanting to be rude. Yet even in a world of magic and shape-shifters, some sights could still catch her by surprise.
"Killing?" Amanda asked, her face scrunched up in a confused frown. "Who's killing who now?" It took her a moment to realize that the stranger had overheard her muttering. She shook her head. "Oh, nobody. Just got a bad deal, that's all. My own fault for believing him." She absentmindedly waved the map that had frustrated her so much. She had mostly given up on the idea that she would actually find something of value here. It had mostly been her own stubbornness that had kept her going.
She kept her distance as she spoke, eyeing the small draconic creature. She considered how much she could get in trade for the beast's scales and claws, not that she would give it serious thought. If she went near the creature it might bite her.
Coughing in the thick volcanic air, she asked the stranger, "What brings you out to this hellhole, other than offering to help strangers commit murder?"
Wiping the sweat from her brow, Amanda looked over the stranger's form. Unexpected, but not unheard of. She tried not to stare too much at the fox ears, not wanting to be rude. Yet even in a world of magic and shape-shifters, some sights could still catch her by surprise.
"Killing?" Amanda asked, her face scrunched up in a confused frown. "Who's killing who now?" It took her a moment to realize that the stranger had overheard her muttering. She shook her head. "Oh, nobody. Just got a bad deal, that's all. My own fault for believing him." She absentmindedly waved the map that had frustrated her so much. She had mostly given up on the idea that she would actually find something of value here. It had mostly been her own stubbornness that had kept her going.
She kept her distance as she spoke, eyeing the small draconic creature. She considered how much she could get in trade for the beast's scales and claws, not that she would give it serious thought. If she went near the creature it might bite her.
Coughing in the thick volcanic air, she asked the stranger, "What brings you out to this hellhole, other than offering to help strangers commit murder?"
