Maybe the huge stuff got to be huge because it was good at keeping itself hidden. And alive. Who knew, really.

"We should go find one!" Rikku bounced. "I bet it'd have all sorts of cool things to steal. We could totally take a big snake-thing. We're badass like that."

Well. They were.

"On leave? Like, on vacation, or you got sick? I'm sorry you missed the snake-thing."