Mount Apikuni nascent discoveries

There was nothing here. The ledge could barely hold him, and upon finding its end Betelgeuse had to back-track. He couldn't turn around until he'd walked in reverse for a little bit, and he was hardly coordinated enough for that. All his bulk got in the way of seeing what sat behind him, and he was much to irked to think about it for long. Once he'd reached a suitable spot (surrounded briefly by a net of tree roots), he carefully maneuvered in a semi-circle. 

He righted himself hastily, making a half-step at the air while trying to find purchase upon the ground, and was struck-dumb for a moment when his shining gaze landed on the pale boy. He let out a bellow which shook the trees and a flurry of starlings erupted from overhead, drifting between neighboring branches as they sought safety. Perhaps he could frighten this child to death — it did not matter to Betelgeuse from whence his meals came, meat was meat, and he was hungry.