85 Hungry (1/2)
”Can I ask you a question?”
”What is thou question?”
”Why me?”
”I do not understand.”
”Why did you bring me here?”
”... do not ask me, ask the basilisk, for it is the one that decided to bring thou here.”
Arth glanced at the basilisk that had its eyes closed. It was now at his feet snuggling comfortably.
”... it must be because I am a Nature Animagus. The way it closes its eyes, it must be trying to prevent the both of us from becoming petrified.”
Arth glanced at Scarlet.
”Is it a girl?”
”No, he is a male.”
”How old is it?”
Seeing Scarlet frown before taking out her hands to count once more Arth sighed.
”It's ok, I don't need to know.”
”I refuse, I shall figure out the answer to thou question.”
Arth felt like mentally groaning at the sight of the girl counting with her fingers.
She was honestly a child.
A child who didn't want to admit defeat no matter what.
Arth ignored Scarlet and focused on the Basilisk.
The basilisk seemed to be able to move perfectly fine, even without its eyes which was pretty surprising considering it was a sight predator. Arth wondered if it had any heat pits, or maybe even something else.
He also wondered how long the snake would be if it was reverted back to its original size. The Basilisk was cool to the touch, which was obvious because snakes were cold blooded and the temperature of the chambers were pretty cold.
The scales were pretty smooth in contrast to their rough appearance.
Arth sighed.
Why is it that every book on anything interesting is always filled with holes and false information.
It was clearly seen that the basilisk wasn't as aggressive as put in the books, they also had self control, however, then again it might all be because of the presence of an Egle.
Arth focused on the flickering tongue of the basilisk and had a weird thought.
If my nature animagus powers cause everything to be attracted to me, why does it differ so much between ganders?
Females want to ”take care” of him as seen with the nightfang serpent. Makes seemingly want to take a good bite out of Arth, as seen with fluffy. Then theoretically, this basilisk should want to eat me right now, however it isn't. There must be more to this Nature Animagus stuff.
Arth twisted around while being bound tightly be the ropes.
At this time, Scarlet had finally finished her counting.
”The basilisk is a thousand and twenty three years old.”
Arth let out a gasp of surprise.
”You counted all the way to a thousand?”
”Yes.”