Larksong Grotto dreams walking in broad daylight

She pulled the head off the rat and within a few seconds had pulverized it with her molars and swallowed it. The rat was big enough she could not swallow the whole thing as a coyote might, and would have to work at it over time; but she heard something like movement, and moved to squat possessively over the remains.

The stranger spoke and her ears immediately turned to pinpoint where he was, so that her eyes could follow, and then those ears lay flat - white and brown-capped against her skull.

The girl's lip lifted with a tentative warning, flashing those front teeth, until she realized how much larger and stronger-looking the man was. She remained where she sat as if to block the meal from sight, although the stench was strong and foul.