Lillian handed the inner core over to Darryl as she spoke and Darryl took it without hesitation. The inner core of a Black Sand Python didn't mean much to him, but he would rather not raise suspicion by not accepting it as it would contradict what he said earlier about him being here to hunt. Otis and the others were indignant but had given up on saying anything else.

"Darren!" Lillian stared further ahead into poisonous fog and asked, "are there more Black Sand Pythons nests in there? Can you