Papa Said 'Mind Your Manners'

Mæva ignored the pain in her chest and focused on catching up with the deer. She soon joined her sister who managed to make the deer stumble, giving Mæva the time she needed to catch up. When Mara bit again the buck crashed. It tripped and fell to the ground. In a second Mæva was at the deers throat. She pressed her body in close, jaws over its throat as it struggled. It's front legs kicked out at her but with her body pressed tight against the prey's neck it wasn't able to generate enough force to really injure her. Finally when the deer had passed Mæva leg go and sat back panting. "Oof… why are deer so hard to hunt?" She winced then sighed. Smiling at Mara she stated that it was time to eat and started digging into the kill.

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