fly away birdie

As Asmodeus grew, one of his favorite pasttimes became pouncing on smaller creatures. Mice, squirrels, and the occasional snake would panic beneath his paws while he looked down upon them, pretending to be a God and deciding whether they were to live or die. Of course, his mother had instilled in him some sort of fairness and he knew it wasn't right to kill things you didn't intend to eat, so nine times out of ten he'd release the critter citing some form of 'I take pity on you, puny mortal!' and proudly watching as it scampered away knowing he gave it it's life.

He was in a pretty good mood what with all the benevolent God-ing, and was humming a little tune to himself while he pranced about the lake peering under boulders and into nearby shrubs to look for his next 'victim'. A soft quack drew his attention and his mouth made a small 'O' as he thought upon this new species of prey.

The growing pup leapt forward, missing the duck by quite a distance and not even managing to take a feather from it's butt as it flew away. To it's departing rear end he called out "You're welcome!! Enjoy your second chance at life you jerk!"