06-20-2018, 12:54 AM
The mammal pack seemed larger in numbers than she anticipated - their territory likely was larger than shed anticipated. Or, perhaps, they were efficient hunters; a feat that seemed unlikely due to their smaller size and less impressive weapons. Either way, she found it almost unsettling to feel so many mammal eyes on her at one time. Such a standoff seemed to invite confrontation; with the intermingling scent of fear, they seemed similar to a pack of deer, frozen in fear and staring at their hunter. Her attention shifted between the offered rabbit and Leviathan.
Huffing the air in quick bursts to smell the air, she hardly seemed to notice Pele's odd behavior or Margaery's pregnancy; even with a full belly, her size required a surplus of food and her species were known for their opportunistic nature. Still, her instincts lingered more on the young Utahraptor and his strange behavior. As though he thought his pack-mother was that furry animal; ironically, this made sense to her, given her own upbringing inside of a human-created lab with a human pack-mother.
Making up her mind, the feral dinosaur snapped her jaws and lunged towards the dead rabbit, latching her teeth into its skin. Effortlessly lifting her head with the snack, its flesh tearing around her teeth where gravity pulled on it the most, she decided the small thing actually tasted quite good for something of such a paltry size. She usually didn't hunt anything less than 100 kg, so this was the first time she had fresh-caught rabbit from the wilderness. Unfortunately, the satisfaction didn't last long, as she swallowed most of the meal in one gulp, and the remainder soon after.
Perhaps unintentionally, the mammals just made the choice for her to stay in their territory an easy 'yes' for Delta. After all, now she had a potential addition to her pack from Leviathan, and at least one mammal a known food giver. Stepping into their territory, she would move past the ogling animals to get deeper in their territory, not bothering to step around them but not trying to step on them, either.
Huffing the air in quick bursts to smell the air, she hardly seemed to notice Pele's odd behavior or Margaery's pregnancy; even with a full belly, her size required a surplus of food and her species were known for their opportunistic nature. Still, her instincts lingered more on the young Utahraptor and his strange behavior. As though he thought his pack-mother was that furry animal; ironically, this made sense to her, given her own upbringing inside of a human-created lab with a human pack-mother.
Making up her mind, the feral dinosaur snapped her jaws and lunged towards the dead rabbit, latching her teeth into its skin. Effortlessly lifting her head with the snack, its flesh tearing around her teeth where gravity pulled on it the most, she decided the small thing actually tasted quite good for something of such a paltry size. She usually didn't hunt anything less than 100 kg, so this was the first time she had fresh-caught rabbit from the wilderness. Unfortunately, the satisfaction didn't last long, as she swallowed most of the meal in one gulp, and the remainder soon after.
Perhaps unintentionally, the mammals just made the choice for her to stay in their territory an easy 'yes' for Delta. After all, now she had a potential addition to her pack from Leviathan, and at least one mammal a known food giver. Stepping into their territory, she would move past the ogling animals to get deeper in their territory, not bothering to step around them but not trying to step on them, either.