Sea Lion Shores E, for empty

If it hadn't been for that moment when they fell, Sangilak would have remained where she was. But the instant she saw the legs buckle, Sangilak knew. She had anticipated, but nothing in life was guaranteed, and now it seemed food was at the top of her own list. Life was on top of the others. Sangilak moved, using stored energy from her days of lazing [and hunting only fish] to come to stand over the other. Just as the other moved to go up and away, Sangilak sought to overpower and shadow the other. Death was upon Chosovi long before Sangilak had seen her, and it stared at Chosovi with its black and beckoning eyes as she sought to give the other one true mercy.