Nari crawled quickly across the intervening space to grasp the reaching hand and squeeze. It was meant as a comfort, but relief warred with trepidation in her eyes. "Sina. Thank the Creators. It's--" she frowned, peered out to see a man she didn't know running for the well, "--I don't know. A human man. But..." she looked again, at the glowing from the direction of the hall. Too big for candles. The smell was starting to waft, and her heart pounded to scent it.

--it had eaten the grasses, filled the air. Licked from the ground, reaching, again and again until finally it reached the aravel. Screaming, there was--

She shook her head to clear it. "Will you be okay here? I'm going to help him."