ᴀʟᴛᴜs, ᴇɴᴄʜᴀɴᴛᴇʀ, ᴍᴀɢɪsᴛᴇʀ (tevene) wrote in valloic,
It helps that Atreus can talk to animals so he senses if one of them needs a break or doesn't want to be around the other. I'm not particularly fond of the python myself, though my homeland was big on snakes. Actual snakes and political ones.