06-24-2024, 01:33 AM
as soon as she saw a bird in the sky the cub attempted to scramble under Knox once again. "go away!" the tiny voice whimpered at the black and white bird, before the crab was even dropped. the little one didn't quite understand that this winged-creature was the same bird as before... the one that found and terrorized her in the comfort of her sweet sweet basket. shapeshifting simply was not something that she had ever been exposed to, let alone any sort of powers (aside from her own, of course). all she had known was her very ordinary mother, and her equally ordinary brothers.
after the initial shock, little miss looked up at offered a very weak smile. "knox! what does that mean?" and then she was distracted again, this time by her own thoughts. vale. vale. knox said vale would be back with food, and that was the black bird? but this was not the same bird, but xe brought her food? "vale is the black bird, i thought? who is this bird?" her curled ears would flick, dark eyes shifting between the bird and the maned lioness, her voice only being projected to knox, nose scrunching.
in almost an instant she was at the open crab, slurping its meat as if it could be her last meal. the worry that the bird would eat her shot off her back as her senses were overwhelmed by food. especially crab! mother had never offered her such a yummy food. it was also a lot cleaner than her other meals. she didn't even bother to lift her head as she hollowed whatever bits of the crab were still somewhat intact.
when she finished was the only time she would look up at the bird, a big grin spread across her face. "thank you scary bird for not eating me, and bringing me this yummy crab." her mouth was still salivating at the meal, and even a little bit of it dribbled out of her mouth before she ran her tongue across her lips.