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Nayru continued springing in and out of the path of the confused creature. The large rodent protested with quick exhales of air, akin to a grunt, and its displeasure only increased as the younger of the two canines caught onto the game. With the two of them springing in and out the animal didn’t know which way to look, and this was what afforded Nayru the opportunity to charge in and snap at the creature’s face. And yet too quickly the large rodent realized that an attack came from one side and lashed its tail at the woman. Having seen the attack attempted on Eclipse the black and white lady knew it was coming. Effortlessly she sprang out of the way and was glad when the animal’s attention was once more drawn to Eclipse. As soon as its head was turned away from her again she went back to moving around it, diverting its attention from the girl and then springing away. The porcupine grunted angrily, it’s quills quiver as it shook its body. The dance could have gone on all day, but the animal was smaller than the wolves and though it exerted less energy than them it too grew weary. When the movements of the animal were slower Nayru again rushed in, this time finding a soft patch of skin to tear at towards the creature’s head. It was at the same moment that the metallic tasting liquid met Nayru’s tongue that the animal’s tail met the side of her body. Without so much as an exclamation Nayru jumped away, taking a few quills stuck to the sick of her shoulder. The woman didn’t seem to notice the barbed quills in her side, merely she looked from the bleeding porcupine to Eclipse. Surely but slowly, very slowly, the animals would bleed to death. Or they could finish it off quicker, but for the moment Nayru stood, catching her breath, and watching the predator and prey animal as if she were an outside observer and not a recently wounded participant.
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