Anselm and Jungle had their fair look at the depth of the pool of mud water the maw jumped out of. Jungle wasted no time drilling me, asking what kind of snake it was, what colour, how large, if it spoke to me.
I was caught off guard at the last one. If it spoke to me. No one told me these things could fucking speak. I tossed aside his questions for a question of my own; where the fuck is my soul?
No, not my soul, but my soul, one of the thirty-two that resided in the Gem. When the maw plunged back into the pool I pulled and called for the soul to return to me, I could feel it fighting to leave whatever was holding it back.
It hasn't returned. Worse even, I can't feel it any more, I can't call on it, it's as if it never existed. Whatever that beast was, it ate my soul and I'm pissed about it.