She nodded and shifted her bow, slipping it over her head as she crab-walked along the edge and called down to the beast below.

"Come on, then, you great bloody thing. Follow me."

It seemed to consider it a moment, dark, beaded eyes glancing between them as its tail twitched. Then with a click of its sharp, hooked beak it bounded after Lara, kicking up sand and splashing into the shallow pool.

"That's right, don't I look appetizing? Mmhmm..." Holding her breath, she squeezed through the wooden supports of the platform and began to traverse up the rock face. "Come and get me."