Silence filled the room like settling dust, and Lyle could even hear the vibrations from a water tank behind the wall amidst the quiet. After a few seconds, the sound of scales rubbing together in a giggling noise arose from behind Lyle.
"I didn't mean to!" Shiny clasped his hands to his chest, smoothing down the scales on the backs of his hands, "This plan is just too brilliant... too crazy, gave me goosebumps."
Lyle turned back, and SS was still sitting there, only the shifting light on his goggles proving his persistence.
"Are you serious? Allowing an outsider to infiltrate your temple? To spy on your god?"
SS tapped his knuckles on the tabletop, his head bobbed up and down as he faced Lyle, as if scrutinizing a qualified test subject.
