The dining hall was dead silent for a moment, only broken by the coughing of the male human at the crate. Even Astrid was rendered speechless and that was no easy feat. My mouth went dry as I watched the poor man crawl around, his arms and legs bruised, his voice hoarse. He looked up at Ormslang, his body trembling. “Hey man, you don’t have to do this.” I didn’t think he even knew what they had in store for him. How could he know? A shiver ran down my spine as I stared at the spectacle. There was only one reason why they brought a human here. What did they call it? A practical approach to Soul Guiding... With horror, I watched Ormslang approach with some kind of prong. It was slightly curved, sparking with electricity. The human grabbed hold of Ormslang’s cape, his tears freely strea

