Dog Teeth

A glimmer of dimwitted hope flickered within the boy when he saw the smaller beast falter, but it wouldn't last. They both met his snarl with one's of their own, the mask gone. 'They'll rip you and shred you 'till yer nothing but bloody bones!' A voice sung in his head as they closed in on his weary body, eyes glinting with gluttonous fury.

Of course, this couldn't be further from the truth, but primal fear gripped the poor boy's mind like a vice. His amber eye's rolled wildly in their sockets as the darted from place to place, his fearful snarl frozen to his pale face. Esther was nothing but a cornered animal. With each retort and stern word he was repelled closer to the river at his back, as if he was being exorcised.

The other man approached boldly, and Esther tried to scramble away. It was not a well thought out move, one of pure adrenaline and flight response. He tripped on wet stone and crashed into the water, flailing wildly as if he had run into another attacker. Esther panicked even more, not knowing how to swim, and in his desperate movements smacked his head upon solid rock. The splashing calmed.

The water was shallow, but the yearling was out like a light from his self inflicted head injury. He sunk quickly, head underwater in his momentary stupor.

(ooc note: tldr idiot kid is accidentally drowning himself)