Broken Antler Fen the vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He parroted the question back at her, clearly mocking, and Sugar blurted another, "Sorry!" He didn't care which way she went, so long as she left promptly. She gulped almost comically as she took in his angry expression and raised hackles. He looked like he was two seconds away from springing at her.

She wouldn't realize it until later but it was at that moment that Sugar blacked out. Her body went strangely still, her face falling slack, black eyes blank. A heartbeat later, she threw herself at the coyote with an earsplitting shriek, her tiny body a whirlwind of motion as she made to bite, scratch and kick any part of him she could reach, all at once.