07-31-2009, 05:44 AM
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| http://digital-bonsai.com/katew/rp/kae/kae_jaws.jpg); background-position:top center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:fixed; padding-top:221px; padding-left:25px; padding-right:25px; padding-bottom:10px;"> The Lykoi matron had been busy all of last night. She hadn't slept much, but unlike other mostly sleepless nights, the hybrid was wide awake and electrified with energy. There was something coursing through her, the love of her clan—that was perhaps what had kept her awake all night, pacing the borders once more after showing Merilin the caves until she settled down to a simple catnap, awakening with the early morning's sun. She had risen hungry, and almost as if possessed by the devil she'd run to the coast, seeking the first rocky outcropping into the shallows she could find. The woman was in her usual two-legged form, crouched over the slow-moving bay-water with that golden eye watching the water intently. The hybrid matron was rather buried in her fishing, having swiped twice only to miss at the fish. There weren't many of the larger ones she wanted; the coyote remembered she had promised to show her new clanmate around a bit, and the poor thing had seemed as though she could have used some kind of meal. The hybrid leaned closer to the water, her knees almost above her head and her stomach almost scraping the rock below her as she waited, one arm half-cocked and ready to dart in the water in an instant. There were many tiny fish, but they were far too small to eat, though they were interesting to watch, darting in the shadow of the very rock the coyote woman was perched upon. After a few long moments of waiting in the hot sun, the Lykoi spied her target, swimming lazily toward the rock. it was a pretty big fish, perhaps some kind of bass or tuna. The hybrid did not know what type of fish it was, but it was large enough to feed her and the newcomer to the clan, so it would do. A lightning fast strike into the water sailed cleanly into the fish, and the woman gripped immediately with her claws, digging their sharp ends into the creature's flesh as she gave a strong yank, landing the fish on the beach behind her. Kae had always been slightly better at picking a meal from the water than she was a hunter, and it was no different now. The hybrid sat for a minute as the fish gasped, gazing at it contently as she waited for it to die. When she was satisfied, the woman washed the fish off in the sea and began to eat some of it, though she made sure to save most of it for the newcomer. Instinct commanded her to fill her belly, but she overrode that command, especially as she heard a singsong voice approaching. Was that her name on the wind? Such a thing made the woman smile, for it was not so long ago that her name was just a sinister whisper on the wind, fast fading as the time between her last departure and the present stretched. Eager now, the coyote sat up on the rock, watching the treeline as the rusty female came trotting merrily out into the open. Just a night's rest and she was already rejuvenated and looking worlds better than the soggy mess Kaena had discovered the prior night. The young woman addressed her rather familiarly, bringing about that same maternal twinge in the woman's chest. She smiled toothily at the girl, none of her scarred features obscured in the bright daylight. "You're looking better," the silvery woman said, the sable tip of her tail wagging. "You should eat first," the woman added, motioning to the fish. Some canines didn't take well to meals obtained from the water, but if that was the case Kae would be more than happy to eat the catch herself. |