Of course, Liam had seen bigger, far bigger, actually. The Ancestral Snake had been too massive for mere measurements or human minds to conceive, but that meeting had happened in a dream-like location.
Instead, Liam was in reality now. The green snake with black patterns that had come out of the ceiling was puny in comparison with an Ancestral Beast, but the perceived danger was greater.
Liam's uncertainty even deepened that perceived danger. He had sensed that the snake had to be above the first level, but his screaming survival instincts forced him to accept another despair-inducing guess.
Rather than to Joel and Cecilia, that huge green snake's presence felt closer to the Elders'.
Nevertheless, Liam's uncertainty didn't lead to any confusion. He might be unable to gauge the magical beast's strength, but he knew without a shadow of a doubt what had to come next.
