"Surrounded? So the things here run in packs, too. That could complicate things." He had years of experience at reading Sanzo, so he could pick up on the fact that there was something worse involved than just being attacked. Sanzo hadn't so much as batted an eyelid at some of the things that had attacked them. Whatever he'd run into here must be bad.

"A scorpion, yes. One the size of a large dog. Fortunately, it didn't seem to enjoy bright light very much, so a simple shield deterred it for a short while. Long enough."

And then he'd felt the pull. He'd left the others behind, but they'd been starting to run last he'd seen them. On some level, he should probably feel bad for that. Ah, well, he'd just add it to the pool of guilt later.