[Suzerain of Sheol]

The words touched his ears, but it was a moment before the shock of hearing the thing speak registered to Kyarr. The words were simple, of course, both in diction and intent, and he considered ignoring the beast and walking away, but it was the first seeming-intelligent creature to cross his path since he'd arrived here.

"No," he answered, and realized that the lack of food would fast become a problem for him. He nodded at the carcass. "I take it that wasn't you, then? Looks edible enough for a dragon."

He relaxed his posture slightly, trusting the thing's spoken overture as a sign that it didn't mean to attack him. He decided to chance a question of his own. "Are there others of my kind near here? I don't suppose you know where *here* is...?"