Super...fluous
His tree-branch arms clutch at the sides of the pit as his gleaming yellow eye scans the inside...
You've managed to stop your breathing entirely to avoid any sort of movement (and thus, detection).
What you were hoping would be a weakness of vision was actually quite the opposite. He's found you in an instant, and a poisoned spear leaps from his mouth - impaling you as the pit had failed to do.
As he retracts it violently, you realize that the poison... really wasn't necessary. You are dead before he's even left to finish off your village... and your family.
You've managed to stop your breathing entirely to avoid any sort of movement (and thus, detection).
What you were hoping would be a weakness of vision was actually quite the opposite. He's found you in an instant, and a poisoned spear leaps from his mouth - impaling you as the pit had failed to do.
As he retracts it violently, you realize that the poison... really wasn't necessary. You are dead before he's even left to finish off your village... and your family.