ORIGIN

Ahjanari’s happiness at having caught her first mouse without any issue was quickly dissipating. This little shit behind her was still following her, as she had suspected he would, and she could feel her cool slipping a little bit. She wasn’t quite at the tipping point yet. I mean, he was a dumb sheep, so of course, he was prone to doing dumb things, like following a natural enemy around like they were buddy-buddies. But eventually, if he didn’t come to his senses and split, she was gonna have to knock some sense into him. Luckily when that happened she would watch her footing this time. No more getting caught in vines for her!

She rolled her eyes at his comment, but continued her search for more food without replying. She’d give him a bit longer before eating his face. I mean, he’d evaded her once, so it was only fair. Though, in truth, she was just lazy, and wasn’t angry enough yet to go running after him again. She needed maybe three or four more little scurrying animals to fill her belly. If he in any way messed up her hunt, or was generally irritating, she’d go back to hunting him. That was fair, right? Right.

Ahjanari prowled and prowled and eventually her senses, mostly hearing, picked up on yet another mouse in the grass, who was currently napping. She guessed that’s what it was, doing, anyways? She couldn’t hear the sounds of it eating, so what else could it be doing? She got down low, trying to pinpoint it exactly, and eventually she honed in on its location. Her short tail twitched in anticipation, and then she lunge-hopped forward, crushing the tiny mammal under her paws. She gobbled this one up just as quickly as the last, relishing in the feel of the tiny creature’s bones crunching in her jaws.

Her annoying companion seemed to have gone silent behind her, which she was thankful for, though she wondered what had made him stop talking away like an idiot. She licked a paw daintily and then turned and gave him a sidelong glance. “You follow all day?” she asked with her broken, newborn speaking skills.