And then she starred at the hell beast in surprise. However, there was still more. She could not believe it, but she actually heard a word. It was deep like the voice of a dying old man reminiscing on his life.
It was one word, "Nuisance!" Simple, but encompassing all of the hell beast's annoyance.
This particular hell beast had more similarities with a tortoise even though its giant head that was the size of towering building was that of a Crocodile. The rest of its body was obviously within a shell.
Athena did not have eyes, but her sensing of her environment told her the extent of the greatness of this creature.
But what truly amazed her was the fact that it spoke. Its mouth did not move like a human's would when they spoke. But she heard it clearly.
"You can speak?" She asked.
Making the one inverted eye of the creature to turn in her direction, as if to see through her, and then it dilated, "you can hear me?"