Legion (Episode 2)

The conversation at the table is interrupted by a sound that grows as the source is brought nearer.

Squawk! Squawk! SQUAWK!

Two servants approach from the interior with their food. One of them is struggling with a live chicken, as it attempts unsuccessfully to escape

Natrix stood and took hold of the chicken from its previous captor.

"Ah! Thank you! Excuse me a second, Killian."

She stepped a few feet away from the finely laid out spread, snapped the chicken's neck, unhinged her jaw, and swallowed the chicken whole.Natrix smiled broadly and toothily as she sat down and poured herself some wine.

"I'm not the medium type. How's the steak?"

Killian doesn't even blink, as Natrix kills the chicken and proceeds to swallow it whole. He does, however, stop chewing long enough to grin before finishing his initial bite of the steak. He nods, "Quite tasty. It has been some time since I've eaten such a well seasoned and tenderized slab of meat. The Lords of T'Lorn do have very talented service in their kitchens I am finding."

"And on their farmsss. That chicken wasss raisssed and fed well. Ssshall we toassst?" Natrix asked as she raised her wine glass.

"To sssuccesss... and sssurvival."

Killian raises his tankard of ale. "To success and survival..."


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