RED FUR :: o, weekly prompt

[Verdigris]

  [font=trebuchet ms]Paper didn't understand those who thought a certain kind of animal to be the devil's hand-picked servants. He didn't particularly like snakes, for example, but you wouldn't see him preaching about how they were the spawn of Set (though it helped that everyone knew Wadjet was the god of snakes, not Set) and would bring about the downfall of society. Even if the forces of evil had personally created a type of animal to hunt down and slaughter the world's inhabitants, the lion would not fit that bill; by and large, male lions tended to laze about all day, and even female lions hunting in groups had fairly low success rates in terms of kills.

  The wolf's growling had initially drawn Paper over by appealing to his curiosity; however, upon seeing that the wolf in question was bothering Sekai, the jackal decided it would be best to step in. If the older male wanted a fight, he'd be happy to provide one- he could beat a wolf any day, he was sure. Before he could speak up, however, Sekai started yelling, and Beatrice had already appeared on the scene. Emerging from the shadows, Paper glanced at the wolf with a raised brow. "Thought I heard something about devils and lions," he answered, "but perhaps you'd like to repeat yourself for our sakes?" The statement didn't necessarily have to be a threat, but if he'd actually heard what he thought he'd heard, it would almost certainly be taken as one; that was fine by him.