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Saēna failed to provide an answer, much to Osprey's impatient disappointment. She shot the young pup a dirty look, then turned to watch the... whatever it was. Despite its strange growths, it was some sort of large, gawky bird, she decided. As far as Osprey Jr. knew, birds were harmless. The longer she sat there watching it, the more Osprey wanted to go down there and either chase it away or kill it. She felt her baser nature swelling up within her, prompting her to attack.

"C'mon," she said crisply to Saēna before running along the ledge and locating the path that led downward into the grasslands. She loped to the bottom, then made a beeline toward the creature. She slowed and stopped about a dozen yards from it. It was a lot larger up close than she'd anticipated. Junior felt intimidated for a moment, then swallowed her fear (she literally gulped) and began to creep closer.

The bird made a honking noise that startled the pup, causing her black fur to puff up and her ears to thrust forward uncertainly. It turned to face her, then spread its wings and beat the air with them. Osprey nearly retreated, yet she steeled her jaw and stood her ground. She was a young Warrior and she wouldn't let some ugly bird scare her away. As a matter of fact, she would put the damn thing in its place!

With a banshee shriek, Osprey sprang at the goose, aiming to bite at its soft, curvy breast. Yet something struck her on top of her head before she could make contact and then the Alpha pup found herself overwhelmed by a volley of angry honks and the bird's beating wings. They slapped against her black back with surprising roughness as she pressed herself quickly to the ground, cowering beneath the blows.

Still, despite her fear and confusion, the puppy did not go down without a fight. From her new vantage point, she could see the goose's strange webbed feet. With another, smaller cry, she snapped her jaws at the nearer of the bird's two homely legs, inviting a whole other level of hell that rained down upon her now.