Bearclaw Valley spirits of the dead

Avicus would be successful, if only because Karst's response to violence had one trajectory: downward. He did not faint so much as give up on contact, and as Avicus reached for him, he did not resist or retaliate. Those limbs hooked him, those teeth flashed around his face and then pulled at his shoulders, and he fell immediately while the ginger girl straddled overtop of him.

Karst hit the dirt hard on his side, and it was the presence of Avicus' weight that destabilized him further, forcing him to his back so his belly was exposed. It was not a sensation he enjoyed; especially so with his growing body now gathering bulk the way his parents' had. He wheezed and issued a small whine, wanting to be released, yet without the power to force the issue.