Smiling Crocodile

All tasks Kotori needed to do were dealt with for now.  Aslatiel had agreed to keep an eye on Valta while Kotori ran off to Auster to look for Ochitsuki.  Everything was all planned out.  Now, while Kotori was normally all for fighting predators but this time he actually had intended to not pick a fight with anything.

Kotori had paused at the lake, lapping up some water when he suddenly proved how fast he could back peddle.  A large crocodile came out of the river, snapping its jaws down where Kotori had just been.  Wolf was on the giant reptile’s dinner plans!  Hell, no Kotori wasn’t going to be someone’s food.  

Kotori was most assuredly faster than the crocodile and could easily have fled but there was a difference between avoiding a fight and the damaged pride that would come from fleeing an attack.  Of all the creatures to fight, these long-scaled slow brutes were the most awkward.    There was also no doubt that the snout and tail of the animal weren’t to be underestimated.

Kotori backed up slowly, not to flee or hesitate but only making sure I followed to get it further out of the water.  The wolf’s odds were much better if they both fought on dry land.


Kotori Fatalis