All the lower reapers looked almost the same and it was hard to identify who was the first and the second person she had been listening to. "Where do you think you are going?" asked the death reaper.
"I thought you needed some time," answered Belle.
"We are done talking to each other. I am ready now," it stated, and Belle blinked her eyes.
"Okay?" she replied unsurely and saw the death reaper bend down its head in greeting. She had to shake her head to make sure she was not dreaming and that the death reaper who was supposed to have no emotions was greeting her. Was it perhaps a sarcastic greeting, "What are you doing?" she asked in a curious voice.
"Mortals don't know the rules of their own world," scoffed the death reaper, "Be ready to die," it said raising its hand that had the scythe and it came right at her.
