Swiftcurrent Creek Pelagiad

Eventually Akatosh noticed the trail was getting more recent!  Good.  He'd have a chance!  Once he was sure his target was close, he shifted to sneaky mode and followed. Pause.  There it was!  The kid took off after the brownish edible blur.

It all seemed to be going so well until the rabbit veered off to one side and the youth tried to do similarly -- at least until his paws seemed to all shoot out from under him.  The leaves that had fallen from the trees had gathered in a nice pile, and combined with the more recently damp weather, it might as well have been a slip 'n' slide.  He crashed onto his side with a whuff, legs pinwheeling into the air but not doing anything useful like he was a tipped over toy.

With the sudden tilting of his world, Akatosh had entirely lost track of what happened to the rabbit, but uh.  Was that his dad watching?  Great.  His ears tilted backward and he started to try and get his paws beneath him again.  Way too late to play things cool.