You've been taking care of me. The black tongue twined again, this time smoothing higher. I stared into the fearsome jaws, the dark red gullet, and marveled at how long that tongue extended, how far back in Hywel's huge mouth it rooted. "You've given me sanctuary," I answered, eyes flicking up to his, smiling at the picture of his slitted eyes narrowed to study, his flaring nostrils. I leaned forward, rubbing my palm firmly against the center of his snout, pressing my lips together to withhold my laugh as his eyes crossed and then shut.
