Summer breathes a delicate sigh, as light as the breath of a rosebud opening. She certainly isn't going to set down on the ground and let the earth-digger attack her tender shootlike feet without warning. She begins to sing a little taunting ditty, dancing about on her wings above the earth.
Silly silly sand snake,
thought it was an earthen drake,
scared by a little fey,
wouldn't it come out and play.
(repeat Readied attack, compress as needed. How big was the thing? I was assuming it was big enough that it could theoretically attack me at 5ft of hover)