Vellorita crouched to hear him better. "No, I'm not a servant." She glanced up at the castle with interest. "I suppose that makes me a guest." And it would be very nice to stay in suvh a luxurious place, if only for a while. "Are [i]you[/i] a servant? Or perhaps the master of this castle?" That was one of the few questions she had for the snake named Rex. "How do you talk?" Was the second.