Zira snorted at him.
Zira smiled, playing the part of an excited daughter, glad to do her mother's bidding. I will rip their heads from their bodies, all of them, and I will taste their sweet blood and they will die, die, die, and once again it will be me, alone on top of the world. As all things should be. Her smile deepened. And then there was a loud pop, and a bat was flapping its wings where she had been. What?!