Mind Games

My eyes locked with the slit-like pupils of the snake.

I watched its head drop a few degrees before looking up again, allowing me to once again lock with its scrutinizing gaze. Yet even with the scrutiny within its gaze, there was one thing I could recognize. It was something that shone within its eyes brighter than any other feeling it was currently going through. It also happened to be a feeling that I had become too familiar with in the last 5 weeks of my life.

It was feeling fear.

Once I saw its hesitation, I finally snapped out of my trance and let out a wry smile.

'I have to show it that I'm confident.' I told myself while seriously pondering over my chances.