"The creature that... looked like you... tried to kill it before, to... appease the Reaper." She sounds like she might cry, but there are no tears welling up in her eyes. None at all. "If it wakes up... and it escapes further... into the catacombs, the... Reaper might find us... before it finds it."

She shakes her head. "I don't... want to die! If we leave it here... it might run... but if we kill it now... the Reaper will have its blood..."

She looks deep into his eyes, imploring.

"Please... I'm frightened..."