"That, my dear, was what's known as tickling", Timea answered, moving one hand away from her hip, and wagging the finger of which at the snake. "It's a form of play amongst humans and primates. And it seems it works on human-like reptiles, too~"
The level of annoyance in the snakes not lost on her, Timea moved to position herself so that her back was facing towards the altar, and extended her hand at the snakes, though keeping it out of their range in case they would lash out in anger. The extended finger, she had change through the colours of the rainbow in a ringed pattern, the pattern seeming to move down as the colours shifted from violet at the tip of the finger, and shifted to red at the bottom of it. She slowly moved the colour-changing finger from side to side, but kept her body obscuring it.
She also kept an eye on the door, and would abruptly stop if she saw anyone looking towards her.