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[Luciferr]

I ADMIRE IT'S PURITY

Small ears perked forwards with interest - the ancient pyramid's halls had deceived his senses, that or others were lingering further back, but all that had enetered the room was a singular being.

the stranger - Threat, prey? - was larger than it's current state, but it seemed similar to it's 'parent' corpse - feline, a subset of genetic memory offered as the small creature mulled it over, peering curiously downward at the light feline, eyeless head tilting.

the stranger was alone,

he was hungry - and instinct won out over staying hidden, he'd chance trying.

Blacktide rose slightly from his concealed alcove, obsidian carapiece hidden by the shadows as the smaller creature shifted and gripped the ceiling of his hiding space, carefully creeping from the hole to scuttle slowly down to the shadows in the annexes between thick protruding columns of the temple chamber where long faded reliefs were sill partially visible - where strange creatures were depicted, ancient ancestors of his kind and their hunters - keeping pace as the pale feline slowly padded around, but sticking where it could remain hidden.

it was when sliding between one and the next waiting for the right vantage point and moment of precise striking, that the ebony beast halted momentarily at sudden movement - caught? seen? - and then backing further into the thin space and its shadows, teeth bared briefly, disappointment, was it's opportunity lost? had the pale feline seen it?

/tad smaller, sudden headache ;-;

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