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She probably wouldn't go far before a distinct musical hum began to drift through the plantlife. It wasn't melodious....it had a distinct beat to it and seemed to be very choppy that was punctuated with an almost rap-like chorus. By listening harder, a soft 'thump' noise could also be heard.

If she was curious enough to follow the sound, she'd come upon Jamal sitting against a tree, pattering a beat against the fabric of his jeans, eyes closed as he seemed to be off in his own world. His headphones looked rather beat up; the wires to the earpieces had been wrapped and rewrapped in numerous places with what looked to be eletrical tape. At his hip sat an equally beat up CD player.

Since she was in a position to see his back, he certainly couldn't see her. However, the noise and her smell were caught by his sharpened senses and he paused his humming. Ice blue eyes unlidded into a predatory glare that had grown so instinctual for him that it was a wonder that the look softened into something more curious than hunteresque.

"Someone there?" he grunted a little roughly, pulling the headphones delicately from his sensitive ears as he turned to peer over each shoulder in turn.

Even with his improved eyesight, he couldn't see her yet. Green on green would do that.

Jamal's brow furrowed as the reptilian female came into view, but it wasn't from disgust. It was the look one gives when they see something vaguely familiar and are trying to place it. The man was never good with recognizing people unless they had truely done something to warrant him keeping a clear picture of them in his mind.

"Amaya?" he ventured hesitantly, the name springing to his tongue before he could muse it over. Daaaaamn had she gotten scaley... "So I see you made it a'ight afta' dat whole lockout thing."

"Yeah. I wasn't gonna let 'em win," he said with a smirk, leaning back against the tree and clumsily turning his CD player off by opening the door (the stop button was broken). "Funny how all them staff peeps act like it wasn't no big deal. It ain't like we don't know it was an experiment anymo'."

Jamal gave her a casual look over and flicked his whiskers in unison. "Seems like this place ain't short on drama...eva'. I was thinkin' maybe things were calmin' down a lil'. Of course not, though. Neva'." He looked vaguely amused at that thought.

Jamal shrugged his shoulders lazily, waving a hand carelessly in a non-descript direction...probably toward the labs.

"Maybe...though I figger they got ways ta figure out who did what. Like dat stuff they do on CSI o' Law 'n' Order. Fo'got what it's called. Hell, if they can do this..." He waved the same hand towards himself, indicating his non-human qualities to emphasize his point before continuing with "I figger they kin figure out who did what. Truth is dat I ain't heard much of what was went on. I jus' know Aubrey got gnawed on 'n' it wasn't ma teeth dat did it." Dark humor was clear in the statement; he had wished it was him...but at least someone tried to pick up where he left off.

As an afterthought, he arched a brow and grinned. "Da cages ain't dat bad though...jus' so ya know."

"It's possible they're lying. Wouldn't surprise me none...but I took Kaveri to where Aubrey was attacked, or so we guessed. Her blood -was- there 'n' skin 'n' stuff. Could be jus' another trick though. I hadn't thought 'bout 'em makin' a fake attack."

The girl had brought up a good point...had anyone actually SEEN Aubrey get attacked? Kaveri said she had seen the body, but that could have been faked too.

"I was in da jungle b'fo she got cut up so I ain't got no idea what mighta really happened. I heard howls while I was out, which was weird, but otha then that..." He spread his hands in front of him in a helpless gesture.

Jamal made a low "hmmm" noise before shrugging again. "It's hard ta tell. I ain't talked to hardly anyone in nearly a week so what I know ain't much. If it was a joke, I know it ain't gonna go ova' well. I'm tired of bein' lied to....'n' they wonda' why I hate da staff." He snorted and shook his head in disbelief.

"All I know is they betta not haul me in 'n' say I did it 'cause I didn't. Truth is I wish it was me 'n' I wouldn't hide it if it was me...but someone beat me to it."