She Screamed Once, Then All Was Silent

Slade laughed at her little petty threat, as if she were a child scolding an adult.
As if he wanted to try anything with her. He didnt even wish to speak to her, anymore.

"Wouldn't dream about it, Raissa. "

He watched the agouti sashé away, her tail plumage catching his alert attention before she dissappeared beyond the thin lined trees, back into the open, from where she once came.