05-06-2018, 03:58 AM
The mother watches with bold, fearless eyes, examining the structure of rain-soaked pair. There is an element of curiosity about her, perhaps the reason she feels so compelled to remain, and the very tip of the tail coiled around her twitches visibly.
Her mate, from his vantage point up above, grows weary waiting, bothered by the grumble of his empty stomach. He prowls now slowly along one limb of the woody tree, and a guttural yowl slips by his twitching blue lips. They have not eaten in many days - and he relies on her to kill - so he leaps down from one perch to the next, until he is within range to summon her back her focus.
A small scuffle ensues, the peacock-male hisses and bared claws return like greeting. As tufts of black and blue fur fall, the kittens reemerge to play. His tail flares ostentatiously through the air, a stunning spectacle to draw the eye of any, and hers clamps down between taut haunches. It is a brief display of dominance, over even before your third blink.
The mother mews softly for her offspring and finds a new path to skirt the strange equids. Her mate dallies a moment longer to groom each long feather in his glorious tail back into their slimmed down position.
Her mate, from his vantage point up above, grows weary waiting, bothered by the grumble of his empty stomach. He prowls now slowly along one limb of the woody tree, and a guttural yowl slips by his twitching blue lips. They have not eaten in many days - and he relies on her to kill - so he leaps down from one perch to the next, until he is within range to summon her back her focus.
A small scuffle ensues, the peacock-male hisses and bared claws return like greeting. As tufts of black and blue fur fall, the kittens reemerge to play. His tail flares ostentatiously through the air, a stunning spectacle to draw the eye of any, and hers clamps down between taut haunches. It is a brief display of dominance, over even before your third blink.
The mother mews softly for her offspring and finds a new path to skirt the strange equids. Her mate dallies a moment longer to groom each long feather in his glorious tail back into their slimmed down position.
the Rift
what lies beneath
what lies beneath