Iktome Plains Slow down: Just be happy and nothing more

The wind whipped bitterly into their eyes and nose as the rabbit pulled a fancy maneuver leaping to the right and cutting sharply into a different direction so that Vida had to whirl into the gusts of wind blowing over the plains the speed at which he'd been going causing a slip on the snow soaked ground. Annoyed that their scent would now be spread absolutely everywhere by the gales and the fact that their pristine white fur was splattered with mud the hunt became more serious as they pushed their claws into the terrain, each stride from graceful legs sending them tearing after the hare with a vengeance. When they were within inches of the bounding fluffy meal they began to lean forward with jaws poised open to snap at any second...

The world had other plans. In a cruel and painful twist of fate their hind claw caught on the up lifted root of the tussock growing from the melted snow, twisting their paw causing a sharp cry of pain while they hit the dirt with a solid thud the quickly increasing sting in their paw signaling the caught claw had torn free. Eyes fastened on the disappearing tail of their lost prey a slow and weary sigh left their nostrils as they slowly rose to an upright position upon the ground turning to lick the bloody nail socket of his now missing claw. "Seems about right.." they muttered under their breath between licks while internally dying. This is a wonderful start to proving mother wrong.... their thoughts were interrupted by a sound in the direction they'd chased the hare from, multi-hued eyes lifting to see the wolf calmly striding their way. Not wanting to seem too alarmed Vee shifted so their uninjured hind leg was tucked beneath them in the scenario they had to get up while they continued to lick their claw a bit faster than before while keeping an eye on the approach with a silent tap of their tail to show they were friendly.