A wild ningo might have been able to evade Loren's grasping jaws and claws, but this poor bird had been fattened specifically for the dinner table, and it was soon to serve its ultimate purpose. Too fat to get far off the ground or flap with any speed, the honey badger was able to get below it as it fluttered down. Jigano reached the top of the stairs and began picking his way carefully down just as his colleague lunged--
--and the bird let out an outraged squawk as it was once more caught and pulled down. If it couldn't run, it woudl at least fight, though, and it struggled with a shark beak and talons to try and dislodge the mighty predator once more.
Loren! Jigano tried again, though he suspected that with the fight underway there was no way he'd get through to his fellow Attuned until the bird was dead, or he could somehow stop the ex-Launceleyn from pursuing it further. Drop it! We don't want to get in trouble for 'stealing' someone else's bird! A plea that he knew would fall on deaf ears, but he still had to make the attempt as he took the stairs at a more cautious pace in his human shape.
--and the bird let out an outraged squawk as it was once more caught and pulled down. If it couldn't run, it woudl at least fight, though, and it struggled with a shark beak and talons to try and dislodge the mighty predator once more.
Loren! Jigano tried again, though he suspected that with the fight underway there was no way he'd get through to his fellow Attuned until the bird was dead, or he could somehow stop the ex-Launceleyn from pursuing it further. Drop it! We don't want to get in trouble for 'stealing' someone else's bird! A plea that he knew would fall on deaf ears, but he still had to make the attempt as he took the stairs at a more cautious pace in his human shape.
