Moonstone Quarry If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it

nah, it's good.

anathi managed to stand, but buckled and fell with the panther's lunge. his head hit hard against the ground, leaving his vision dizzy as he drifted between states of consciousness. 

the pain of her claws digging into the flesh of his cheek was diluted by that of her jaws around his thigh and the subsequent breaking of bone. anathi's eyes shot open as he opened his mouth to gasp, though the air was trapped in his throat.

a moment of numbness.

the shock and adrenaline did anathi a favor, then. the panther'd partially amputated his hindleg, leaving the upper half mangled and unrecognizable. the blood followed a slow but powerful flow, puddling beneath the stump. if allowed, anathi would use the last of his adrenaline to hobble and fall into a nearby pool of water.

gaan in die water, he thought to himself, en sê u gebede.