| The wound instantly
heals. The creatures rises up before you and coils around you.
"Skrook! Skrook!" it shrieks. "Skrook, skrook?" you ask. "That's sea-monsterese for 'I'm going to eat you right now,'" the young lady tied to the pole says. "And while we haven't been properly introduced, and this doesn't seem to be going at all that well right now, I would like to thank you for at least attempting to rescue me. And it does appear that at a minimum, I'll have several more seconds to live while he's swallowing you, and for that I am truly grateful." "Quite all right," you say. "You needn't bring it up again." "I don't think I'll have the time," she replies. You return your attention to the monster. |