Lost Creek Hollow stonefire

and here i wanted to pretend this was shardul's face: ≧ಠ‿ಠ≦

Prone with the hulking beast over him, Mordecai struggled. It was futile, but the temptation to do so was far too much for him to resist. Eventually those movements ceased, and he was caught between a conservation of strength and the pain from his bleeding shoulder. The coarse voice of the feline came to him, the stoicism in his feral countenance was a sobering note for all that had been endured.

"Surprise me," Mordecai returned, his own voice a sandy rasp as a similar laughter overcame him.