Triumph soared through Faelan whenever he felt his teeth clamp down on to Blackberry's wing. With a sharp jerk of his head, he finally ripped the goose off of his ear. No sooner had he done so though then a jolt of white-hot pain shot through his teeth and jaw.
Instinct made the lion release the thing that had caused the pain, forcing him to accidentally send Blackberry flying through the air. He clenched his jaws shut once she was free of them, and tried to back away from her general direction. His forepaw slipped in the blood that had pooled beneath him though, and sent him crashing on to his right shoulder.

Coincidentally, a pair of hooves crashed down to Faelan's left, where he had been but a moment ago. Golden orbs flicked from the goose, who was standing a couple of tail lengths in front of him, to the moose, who was backing up for what looked like another charge. In that instant of reprieve, the tawny brute decided that he had had enough.
Faelan had never intended to fight these two, and sure as hell did not intend to die because of them. He'd only just made another friend, and escaped the void. How could he fade away now?

With a pained groan, the lion scrambled to his paws. He suspected that the two would be on him in a blink if given another chance. Once upright, he swayed, shadows slipping over his vision. The lion didn't know it, but he had almost lost too much blood. The bleeding from the gouges on his ribcage was slowing, but it was still steady enough to cause concern.

Faelan forced himself take a step, and then another, pushing through the wave of nausea and dizziness that washed over him. He stumbled back the way he had come, hoping that the two wouldn't pursue him. If he could make it to Polaris, perhaps he could find Sebastian, the lion thought as he glanced over his shoulder.

@Blackberry

[EXIT]

Blackberry left her defensive pose as the lion scrambled to his feet and turned tail to flee, leaving a trail of blood in his wake. She raised her head and let out a long, victorious honk. They had defeated a fully grown lion! A great victory and one they would speak of yet.

She turned to Moose and her face hardened. He hadn't been very helpful in the second half of the battle. "We'll have to work on your fighting abilities. You could have been a lot more helpful in that fight." Maybe it had been on purpose? No, Blackberry knew he could fight better. She had seen it with her own two eyes. They just needed to get better at fighting together.

She turned away and stormed off in the direction she had planned to go in the beginning, but this time feeling a whole lot better with her fighting spirit satisfied.

*exit


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Hear my honk.
Why are you listening to my thoughts? Get out of my head!

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Blue knew he had failed as the lion ran off. He has done hardly any damage during the last few minutes of the battle. He had tried, but trying wasn't enough. He needed to do.

Even though he knew the criticism was likeyly to come, it still stung. The moose nodded, following Blackberry. Off to fight yet another.

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"Can’t you tell?"
We’re all mad here.

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