Duskfire Glacier We stood eye to eye with violence and it blinked first

the one trespasser — clearly the smarter of the two, wintersbane thinks cruelly — takes off at wintersbane's warning and at the moment — with one trespasser still lingering and from what can be observed, not taking wintersbane's warning seriously — the tundrian lets him go. it had been what he'd offer. a chance to leave before violence — a courtesy that he would not normally extend. in hindsight, he probably shouldn't have but the greyfall caverns are well protected and well hidden and thus his children were safe.

or, so he assumed.

wintersbane gives no more chances.

apisi shows no signs of leaving that the tundrian can gleam and wintersbane surges forward with jaws parted; aiming to hit somewhere. anywhere.