"It tried to kill you."

"Me..."

"It tried to step on you, and slash you," she said. "And then... tried to drop a boulder on you, I guess."

He was right about what had happened, then. Part of him had been hoping he'd been imagining it, or just hallucinating. Damn.

"I mean, you don't think it would have gone for you after me?"

She managed a weak chuckle. "I was a much bigger threat than you. When you have your pick of targets, you kill the biggest threat first. Right?"

Groaning and nodding, he buried his face in his hands as he walked beside her. He knew that, too, but...