"Now, do we have a deal?"
Venegue's mischievous grin doesn't sit well with me. He's been a bit too eager to say yes to the deal, I honestly thought I'd have a harder time convincing him to help, I thought I'd eventually have to bite the bullet and threaten him with Lotar.
But he's been anything if not cooperative, happy even. Narrowing my eyes at his hissing tongue I dwell on the chances Venegue has some serious stake in Shaco. He might have already been plotting to turn Shaco against me and retrieve his child.
Biting my cheek I shake my head at him, the toxic plumps of gas overwhelm me so I'm sure it came out more as a drunken slur. In my foggy vision I catch Venegue lose the grin and frown.
Venegue's tails wrap around me and he lifts me into the sky, clear beyond the black clouds to a point where I can somehow breathe again. Slowly, air loses the sludge-like quality and it doesn't feel like I'm drowning in air.