like thunder gonna shake the ground
At some point during the jumps, Loren had shifted. He felt safer in this form, with its claws and its teeth and its special pretty shiny fur. Feeling disoriented from all the jumping around, he turned in a circle, like a dog chasing its tail.
There was no sign of Astra, and their surroundings were unfamiliar to him. Only whenWessex spoke did he register the noise. Growling at the sound, his claws dug into the ground.
Backing away, tail swishing through the air, he stared into distance where the water seemed to be. His ears flicked towards it and he shook out his mane.
Which was when the rats struck.
Wessex had been right, they'd been lucky to avoid some of the more dangerous fauna of the Climb. But they hadn't gone entirely undetected: a group of Blind Swamp Rats had been alerted by their appearance and their movements. They swarmed towards the healer, but their teeth and claws couldn't pierce his skin. He snarled and swatted at him, but they were too fast and there were too many of them to get a hit in. Plus he was super sick, of course.
There was no sign of Astra, and their surroundings were unfamiliar to him. Only when
Backing away, tail swishing through the air, he stared into distance where the water seemed to be. His ears flicked towards it and he shook out his mane.
Which was when the rats struck.
Wessex had been right, they'd been lucky to avoid some of the more dangerous fauna of the Climb. But they hadn't gone entirely undetected: a group of Blind Swamp Rats had been alerted by their appearance and their movements. They swarmed towards the healer, but their teeth and claws couldn't pierce his skin. He snarled and swatted at him, but they were too fast and there were too many of them to get a hit in. Plus he was super sick, of course.
LOREN
