Into the Great Unknown

The turkey's fateful leap put it right in line with Éldi's jaws. He seized hold of the birds neck and bit down as hard as he could. In a flurry of beating feathers and thrashing fangs Éldi struggled with the bird, its claws raking his chest until finally he managed to snap the birds neck. It soon fell limp, the other turkeys scattering off in the distance. Éldi was left standing there, breathing heavily through his nose before he set the turkey down. Inhaling sharply he turned to look for Valkyrie but she was to far away to see. He'd covered quite a bit of distance giving chase even if it hadn't seemed like that much.

Éldi picked up the turkey in his mouth and started journeying back toward where he'd last seen his friend but then he hesitated and set the turkey down. He didn't want to take the hard earned kill right to the leopard and he didn't want to just leave it here in the hopes it would be left alone until he got back. Éldi let out a howl to let Valkyrie know he had the bird. Then he settled down to begin removing feathers. He could at least get the prep work done. Despite the appearance of lazy feather picking Éldi was on high alert, his ears swiveled searching for any sounds of distress. If Valkyrie had any trouble with the cat he'd say to hell with breakfast and be at her side in a minute.