Not looking so grrrrrreat

Cináed bit deep into the tiger's back leg, yanking and twisting his head to do as much damage as he could within a short span of time, and was ready to jump out of the way again when he felt the tiger begin to twist to reach for him, but then he heard it give a roar and turn away from him instead. Letting go of the tiger's leg he looked up and his golden gaze landed on a young boy that he vaguely recognized from seeing him around the pack occasionally. He didn't even know the boy's name, but he did at least know that this was one of Chimera's children. Of course he was pretty sure that all of the kids currently on the island belonged to Chimera so it wouldn't have been hard to guess who he belonged to—but that did mean that if the boy got hurt on his watch he was probably going to be in serious trouble.

The boy had charged in, biting the tiger's tail and pulling the crystal encrusted predator's attention for a moment. They were lucky that the big cat was slow and groggy otherwise they might be in more trouble, but as it was it was pretty slow moving and what movements it did do seemed to be hindered by the stiff clusters of crystals that jutted out from its side. Its movements were stiff and struggling and a little part of him actually felt kinda bad for the feline. Not bad enough to spare it of course, but bad enough that killing it felt more like a mercy than anything else.

While the tiger's attention was pulled away from him, Cináed pivoted on the sand and made a lunge for the side of the tiger's throat that wasn't covered in crystals, biting hard and deep before the big cat could reach the black and russet boy that had provided a momentary distraction. He focused on crushing the tiger's windpipe with his bite, keeping his hold on the feline's throat even as he leaned his shoulder away from the cat's weak attempt at swiping at him. Toward the end it almost didn't even feel like the tiger was fighting him. It tried to jerk away from his jaws a few times, trying to wriggle away in a vain attempt to free itself, but not nearly strongly enough to actually get away from him.

Eventually it slumped to the ground and fell still, rather from being strangled or blood loss he wasn't sure, but once he was sure it was dead and the pulse against his tongue stopped then he finally let it go. He stepped back with sigh, flexing his jaw a couple of times to work the soreness from it from gripping so hard. He didn't know what had driven the tiger to come out to the island only to get killed, but it was taken care of now. He turned his attention to the pup again and gave him appreciative nod. "Thanks for the assist, kid."

WC: 508
Total: 1595 / 1500

"Cináed Praetor"