The Firesnake jerks back roughly, letting gravity slide Gloria smoothly down her gullet. Gloria bulged through the surface of the snake’s thick scales. Her second, Warrior Zara, legged it as fasts as she could. When the Firesnake had finished ingesting her recon leader, she didn’t want to be within a mile of that spot. Those larger predators were renowned for having fast metabolisms and insatiable appetites, and being eaten by a Firesnake had a reputation in the village’s Scout Corps for being one of the more unpleasant ways to die in the field. Zara did not want to stick around to find out the hard way.