Crystal Hot-spot

Duchess had tensed just slightly as the young brute stepped in closer to her though she didn't shy away from him in the slightest. These days nothing had frightened her, it would almost feel like a justice if the brute turned on a dime and tore her to shreds, or at least that was her thought. She was never actively wanting to die, but she didn't care.

She hadn't noticed the rhythm of the crystal glowings, but just as he near invaded her space, she felt this strange tension between the crystals on his side and the crystals on her side and her own heart nearly skipped a beat reflecting that into the crystals that now seemed to align with his own. Maybe the glow of the crystals had done it, showing some sort of superiority in himself. Or maybe the crystals were simply reflecting what she felt.

Her gaze looked up to the cluster he had pointed out after they locked eyes. They were really no different from the others, but still she nodded her head with a small smile of her own. Her paws moved forward and up on the wall of the canyon, avoiding the crystals that jut out in all directions. Her tongue took a couple licks of the crystals before she backed back down, "Tastes like... Stone." She giggled near silently as she looked around observing the crystals around them.

"Duchess"