Thankfully, whatever had come over him dissipated quickly. And she was too hungry to dwell on it for long. She stepped forward as he let her have the first feed, and opened her jaws, ready to tear into it.
And then stopped.
Somehow, it didn't seem right that she should eat first before he did. She wasn't exactly a princess anymore, so hierarchy no longer applied. "Well," she said, lifting her head to look at him. "you drew first blood, didn't you? So that makes us even." She shrugged. "I wouldn't have been able to catch up with it if it you hadn't grappled with it first." She smiled. "So I say we can eat at the same time.""Speech"
