ORIGIN - A Glimmer of Hope

"Speech"

What felt like a thousand spellcasts later, and Todd was finally able to stand. His hind legs were stiff and walking was a strain, dragging himself still easier by a longshot- but he was able to stand. He could hop, his hind legs moving in short and slightly-controllable bursts. About a metre at a time he could scurry along the ground before he had to sink down, pins and needles creeping into his toes.

The little one was on his own now, and struggling; and whilst he wasn't exactly as open-minded or welcoming as he'd been as a cub, he was beginning to climb, slowly, back towards recovery. Whilst ignorant agathism had been a pleasant way of living life, it had almost gotten him killed, and Todd resisted the urge to carry on his life the way he'd been before.

Today, at this very moment, Todd had hopped and twitched and scurried away from the lagoon at the foot of the waterfall. His stomach was growling, drowned out by the sound of the waterfall. But even still, the empty and pained feeling that it gave was enough to tell him what was wrong. Lying at the edge of a small pond, Todd watched the flickers of silver that passed him by. Tiny, tiny flickers, but the idea of what those flickers could be made his mouth water.

He watched and stared, waiting for the opportunity. When the hunger got too much, he lashed out with a bejeweled paw... he drew it back, along with a small weight. And there it was! A tiny silver fish, thrashing impaled on the end of his claws. Barely even a mouthful, but it was something.

Todd downed it in one, bones, gem and all disappearing into his muzzle.

Victor swished his tail softly as he walked through the cave. He was pretty bored honestly and he needed a new friend. It was about time he made new friends, of any sort really. He stopped for a moment and watched as somebody caught a fish and quickly ate it. He smiled softly before walking up to him.

"While hello there. Who would you be?"

He looked in the water for a moment, staring at the fish. He wondered if he could perhaps catch a fish too. He never really tried before, he tilted his head back and forth, until he decided he would test his abilities. He waited for the perfect moment and then opened his mouth and snapped it quickly, catching a fish of his own. He smiled, and then placed it on the ground. He wasn't really hungry, so, he offered it to Tod who seemed to be hungry, and enjoy fish too.

"Speech" @Victor

Todd was abruptly wakened from his powerful hunger by a voice and straightened up, twitching his back legs so that he was in more of a sitting position than a lying one, his legs resting at awkward angles as his front paws provided all the support. He wasn't prepared for company, that was clear, as his large ears flattened softly and his tail twitched with fear.

"Wh-who're you?" He stanmered nervously, moving his claws on the ground. As lonely as he'd been, Todd suddenly wished he was alone again. He eyed the spines on the creature nervously, although it was more out of curiosity than anything. He wasn't to know what thwy were used for, as he'd never been pricked before. "Uhmmmm... Todd. Name's Todd." He eventually nodded, answering their question.

"You're... Not a herbivore are you...?" When they'd caused him all this pain, that was the only reasoning they'd given. "Dunno what tha' means b-but, well... 'Cos I'm not tricky or evil or... Huh?"

Todd halted as they caught and offered to him a still-twitching silvery fish. Todd bent down and sniffed it, hesitated before swallowing it whole before the spiky creature changed his mind. "Tha... Tha' was real nice." He murmured hesitantly, pushing himself upright again around his wounded limbs.