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She stood there for several seconds before tossing her head backward. The nose flew a few feet into the air. Reggie balanced precariously on her hind legs as she tried to catch it in her jaws. She miscalculated and missed, so the little blob of flesh fell to the ground, then bounced several feet away. Regipre blinked, then made to go after it.

The arrival of a loud, squawking blackbird gave her pause. The coyote didn't understand the raven's screeching, though she could intuit what the avian wanted. Although Reggie didn't really feel possessive over the corpse or even the torn off nose, she gave in to a natural impulse and leaped toward the lustrous black bird, snapping her teeth and trying very hard not to lose her balance.