To the Rescue!

The fight had been going really well, up until that moment. He had gotten a bit of a fright, but it was already wearing out, and he wanted to get back up and on with it. They had a beat to slay, after all. He leaped to a branch just above his sister, peering down at her as he loved to do. Perhaps it was to do with his height - his short stature was a matter of pride to the Songa people, but he still didn’t like having to look up to his younger sister.

He tilted his head over the branch, looking upside-down at his sister as she breathed heavily. She only made noise with her breath and body when she was very stressed, and he realised this had affected her. Which was strange, wasn’t he the one who almost got his tail chomped off? And how was he supposed to jump around trees without his tail for balance?

“I was fine Ve, I knew you were only a breath away, and I could have gotten out myself, anyway.” he pointed out, blatantly ignoring how even with help it had been a close call. “It’s getting away, aren’t we going back out there?” he wanted to know, confused to why she sat on her branch, breathing heavily, and letting the beast get away. He thought she was afraid for her sea cows or something.