HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE HUMAN ⟡ deadly encounter

[Simon F.M.]

Diya felt roan lean against her, returning the pressure for a moment before focusing back on her son. She would listen intently to what he was saying, grateful he was there to console her shaking nerves. She would open her mouth to speak, to reply to the information she had been given. She paused at the sound of pawsteps, turning her head to spot her girlfriend, anger clear on the quartermaster's face.

Diya gave a soft sigh, taking a step forwards to brush her muzzle against Roxanne's shoulder but making no move to stop her. She would watch the chocolate-colored feline pick up their son and nod a hard resolve setting in her eyes. She would watch as her girlfriend and child left before returning to Roan. "If you don't mind tending to them, Mon étoile, I have something to take care of," she would say with a wink, brushing her muzzle against his ear as she turned. The use of a nickname for him had slipped out, not planned, or even registered in her distracted mind. Her gaze would flicker to the forest before returning to the tabby for a moment.

A grin on her face, she nodded and stood. "I'll be back soon," she'd say as she turned away, following the direction of where she'd seen her son come from. As she went, her body began to shift and grow, tail shortening into a bob as she went. By the time she reached the tree line, she was a midpoint between feline and bear.

//out, off to hunt down the panther for lunch!