[ a salad is considered an appetizer to the main course, isn't it?
her comment serves her, on multiple levels. as he spares a look for her, she can direct his attention with her eyes and the slow, methodical sweep of her arm -- directing his binoculars to look at the far drumcrown, the one with fresh rends in its back legs. the result of some apex predator getting after it, most likely. it presents an excellent target for the two of them, as it's already lamed. it's a challenging target, because she's found that the drumcrown are not likely to abandon their own until the bitter end.
silently, she points up higher, to a series of rocky shelves along the cliff face. her message, silent, but obvious to a mind that thinks practically, strategically: we move there, and descend upon it. the act itself will avoid the psychedelic properties of the bony crown and the heavy, nimble hooves. ]
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[ a salad is considered an appetizer to the main course, isn't it?
her comment serves her, on multiple levels. as he spares a look for her, she can direct his attention with her eyes and the slow, methodical sweep of her arm -- directing his binoculars to look at the far drumcrown, the one with fresh rends in its back legs. the result of some apex predator getting after it, most likely. it presents an excellent target for the two of them, as it's already lamed. it's a challenging target, because she's found that the drumcrown are not likely to abandon their own until the bitter end.
silently, she points up higher, to a series of rocky shelves along the cliff face. her message, silent, but obvious to a mind that thinks practically, strategically: we move there, and descend upon it. the act itself will avoid the psychedelic properties of the bony crown and the heavy, nimble hooves. ]