First (online) contact

"This thing is…"

Etaria stared at the strangely plain bag that she received from those equally strange humans. 

She intended to stay silent as she contemplated the situation… Yet in the moment of carelessness, she couldn't help but let a few words slip. 

'What if it's all a trap?' Etaria thought, gritting her teeth as she took a step back from the bag, wary of what other secrets it could hide. 

But after merely a moment…

'Yeah, perish the thought,' she thought, shaking her head over her the stupidity of this worry. 'They have enough strength to slaughter us all, so for what reason would they go so much out of their way just to sneakily take me out?'