Mistake

It spoke.

What looked like a mindless, unintelligent creature gave Liam a chilling response to his comment.

…

It spoke.

Seemingly mindless creatures speaking to him were not foreign. Liam had encountered the Kitsune very early in his childhood, in fact.

Yet, the monster standing in front of him spoke with a strange eloquence that made his hairs stand on end.

"You can speak?" Liam said, and only when it came out of his mouth, did he realize how stupid he sounded.

The monster made a wide smile, and its body shivered in what seemed like a laugh. 

"No," it responded. 

Then, its left arm — the arm resembling an assassin's blade — swung at where Liam was.

SHING!

Liam barely evaded the slash aimed for his head, feeling a whip of wind graze past his ears.

Where he had stood just a moment ago, a massive laceration had been etched into the wall.

'It's fast,' Liam thought.