07-07-2009, 10:30 PM
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| http://digital-bonsai.com/katew/rp/kae/kae_disorder.jpg); background-position: bottom center; background-repeat:no-repeat;"> The rage had begun to simmer, dialing down from that blind hatred into something malleable and controllable. Kaena was a creature of instinct over emotion, and as she had advanced forward on the wolf-coyote she had felt that lizard brain take over. It slithered with cold indifference into her mind and diluted the boiling red rage just enough so that she could see again. Ancient instinct and old experience flooded into her brain, a hundred fights and battles flashing steadily through her mind. There was a look of complete malevolence lurking in her single golden eye, and her pupil had grown to an immense size, expanding and taking up most of her iris until just the thinnest piece of gold was left. She was excited, and her single eye had to work hard to absorb all of the potential light in this place. The speed of his kick surprised her, and she was just a millisecond too late to dodge it as his razor sharp claw grazed against her shoulder. He had drawn first blood, but like a flash the coyote hybrid was out from under him and had whirled around, her teeth striking like a rattlesnake in an attempt to connect with the side of his face. Blood leaked steadily from the cut; it was superficial at best and though it stung her fur and brought the spice of blood to the air, it was not an extremely detrimental wound to the Lykoi. She darted away from the combat in an instant, prancing just beyond his reach for just a moment before darting for him again, this time feinting for a strike with her jaws again toward his face while simultaneously reaching out with her massive forepaw, the jagged claws extended and aiming again to rip one of his legs out from beneath him to disable him. |