more of an inconvenience than a thread

The willows around them appeared to come to life with the sudden eruption of noise. Vermin scattered to the hills, the ground beneath them trembled, and every eye seemed to turn on them now. Xurek, though intent on scaring off the leopard, also takes a moment to glance around. Would there be more big cats lingering in the shadows? Or was this one the only desperate one? He lets out a snort, sending several birds fluttering to the skies as Uruk slings the spotted feline toward the brush.

Branches sway around them as the wind carries a tinge of blood. Both his and the feline's. Turning to meet the reckless leopard with a lowered head, Xurek is ready to try and scare it off once more. "Do you think it is sick? Or stupid?" He mutters to Uruk with a grunt of a laugh before charging forward. Once more, Xurek meets the leopard with his tusks, the cat this time attempting to claw at his face. Tingles of pain scream across his cheek as he hooks a tusk into the armpit and tosses it against a nearby tree. Though it is dazed and bleeding... It still insists on getting up one more time.

Xurek Namorn