"I thought a monster had devoured you."
An alien monster traveled through the time tunnel, destroyed equipment and devoured researchers.
The monster immediately devours the head; with the dangling power cord hanging just outside its mouth.
It was gone; doubtless the monster had already drawn it into its den and devoured it.
Had they been on the same plane of existence, the monster could have devoured them all.
So, reluctant but obedient, the monster devoured the soul entire.
Why should Chernobog care if the monster devoured another soul?
And unlike Spain, in the countries that were once Yugoslavia, the monster still devours the children.
The monster would certainly be very hungry, and would devour all their children.
The old-fashioned Victorian monster, devouring her young.