Sleepy Fox Hollow Rockabye [m]

Poor Potema! D: Any chance we can wrap this up here? Or you can post once more 'cause I think Tat is done here.

Teeth clicked together, missing their target entirely. It was playing out as he expected. Potema turned to run. He grew taut to give chase yet was preoccupied with the raven attacking his susceptible mug. This, in turn, widened the distance between him and the bratty pup. The crow proved to be a well-placed decoy; inescapably coming for his face with its diminutive yet sharp claws. Tatsuya had not anticipated the bird's involvement, closing his eyes quickly and tightly in a panicked fit. Talons raked across his face insipidly. Flinching back away from his avian aggressor, he snapped at the bird heatedly. No harm would have come to Potema but her pet was a different matter.
INDENTAs the crow ascended, he made a last ditch effort to grab it by jumping up. Far too late. Wing beats graced his tongue rather than blood. It took to its ambrosian domain with a quickness. Tatsuya grunted as he landed, eyes probing for her withdrawing form. How stark she was against the gloom of Blackfeather Woods – rolling porcelain against an ebony backdrop. Of course she would head for the safety of her home. Wise girl. Her nearness to Blackfeather Woods leeched lingering hostility from him. Coming any closer would be unwise. Turning his back on Potema and her pet, Tatsuya circled around the woods and headed back to Moonspear. Perhaps next time, she will know better than to voice her presumptions and silence her churlish tongue.