Unbeknownst to many, there is a tiny hole hidden by a chair in the corner, and it is part of the small network of mouse tunnels making its way through the VlamVloed and yes - nearly all of the settlement. What Lily hears is the scrabbling of tiny claws as one of the aforementioned mice dares to come out to look for some food - they, too, know that LongNight is coming - though it means something different for them and they grow bolder now.
Leaping from his lap, Lily lands on light paws and then jumps up to the chair that’s hiding the hole, crouching down behind the arms just enough to hide whilst maintaining the advantage of surprise. Soon, a whiskered nose pops cautiously out of the hole, then ducks back in. It takes a moment for it to reappear again, looking right and left before scurrying along a baseboard, and as it passes the hidden cat, she pounces, catching the mouse by surprise! The battle is brief but deadly - Lily soon emerges as the victor, a now limp mouse held proudly in her mouth.
With this prize so clearly displayed, she comes back to Bastien, tail waving like a flame in the wind.
Leaping from his lap, Lily lands on light paws and then jumps up to the chair that’s hiding the hole, crouching down behind the arms just enough to hide whilst maintaining the advantage of surprise. Soon, a whiskered nose pops cautiously out of the hole, then ducks back in. It takes a moment for it to reappear again, looking right and left before scurrying along a baseboard, and as it passes the hidden cat, she pounces, catching the mouse by surprise! The battle is brief but deadly - Lily soon emerges as the victor, a now limp mouse held proudly in her mouth.
With this prize so clearly displayed, she comes back to Bastien, tail waving like a flame in the wind.
