Matters of the Heart

Solaine quickly grew distracted, mostly by the tiny crawling things that moved around her paws. Ants, they were, already lured toward the leg that her father had brought. She yipped at them in vain, cursing them for going after the food before she could. As Guinevere finally made herself known, Solaine offered a wry smile at her sister before wiggling toward the kill. Guin stalked it, but Solaine merely sauntered toward it as if she owned it, nipping off a bite before speaking with a full mouth. "You can' hunt it if its already dead," she would correct her sister with a matter-of-fact tone. Solaine took a few more bites, finding she enjoyed this a million times more than her mother's milk. Blood was lovely on her palette, and she would not soon forget that. As her sister moved to go to the waters - as their father had already proclaimed their destination - Solaine would cease her feeding and slither near Collision. "Time to go, da'?"
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