034: impropriety

Torch light danced across sapphire scales, blanketing the slumbering beast with a violet glow. The adventurers had come to slay the docile giant, yet their shivering shadows belied such an act of bravery. Swords drawn and raised, they advanced; yet, the reptilian head, with a certain feline grace, expressed no interest in those souls intent on the beast's doom.

"It's rude to wake someone from sleep, you know," bellowed a strangely refined, deep voice, as a cloud of smoke filled the chamber.

The sound of clattering steel echoed through the cavern, as the fearful adventurers took to flight.

"...rude, indeed..."