The two figures, the lady and the man poked at the snake after it had consumed Aren. Their faces a complex mess of emotions, they had seen Aren fight, they watched him dance around the snake like a butterfly, there was no real way that he could have gotten caught that easily, yet he was now dead in the belly of the monster.
They had not known Aren for a long time, yet seeing this made their hearts drop, their confidence waned. They stared at the snake, and as it turned to look at them, the initial feeling they had, the confidence they had come with, it was no longer there.
"Tch." The man clicked his tongue in anger, not only at himself but at Aren, who had shown them a false hope that they would win. When they had first attacked, they did not come with the belief that they would win, they knew the odds were stacked against them, and yet they chose to fight. But after he showed up, he showed them a sliver of hope that showed them they could win, only for him to be consumed.
