Ah.

[And doooown the hatch. Vie knocks back a hearty swig and passes it back.]

Two shape shifters. Gashin, they would be called where I come from, but here I'm not sure of the term. For whatever crime, they fought to the death in the arena while a single guard knocked back any who tried to interrupt.

We've similar on my world. Only it's never Gashin in the cage, at least not against one another. Only ever Valei.