Jade Fern Grove a din to drive beings mad

into merrick's jaws it ran; he closed them with the satisfied air of one intending blood. the rabbit began a low keen that built into a scream, and still the boy bit down, until finally he did not and let the still-living body shudder upon the ground between his paws. only then did he look up at breccan, having forgotten the other was there.
he suddenly wanted to be alone, but felt compelled to give the boy part of the quarry, as it was with only with the other's help that he had been able to procure the small beast. and so he lowered his muzzle again, snapped the delicate neck, and bit off a generous portion of the hind-end, nosing it toward breccan.
"till next time," he murmured, gathering up the remains with something close to a smile and turning to pad away.