[ he's fast, and he thinks with a predator's mind -- animalistic, focused. while he navigates the drumcrown herd, she pulls her own weight, by using her weight. she bears down on the drumcrown's bone mantle, wrenching it to one side in the moment that its neck and shoulder muscles relax, forcing it to twist sharply on its wounded leg and stumble. cheris positions her hands lower along the side of the mantle, as hei draws even with the stumbling beast.
wisely, she shifts her leg away from where she's been feeling its pulse hammering, strong and low, against the inside of her knee. it allows her to brace herself, and to push on the drumcrown's mantle instead of pulling. forcing its head down and to the side, further and further as it startles from hei's speed and sudden presence. the act exposes its neck, and cheris looks to him in the moment -- silent and expecting, in this fragment of a moment.
they can communicate more, once the wounded one is downed. ]
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wisely, she shifts her leg away from where she's been feeling its pulse hammering, strong and low, against the inside of her knee. it allows her to brace herself, and to push on the drumcrown's mantle instead of pulling. forcing its head down and to the side, further and further as it startles from hei's speed and sudden presence. the act exposes its neck, and cheris looks to him in the moment -- silent and expecting, in this fragment of a moment.
they can communicate more, once the wounded one is downed. ]