Spiderweb Night

At this point Caiaphas was entirely consumed by two relentless emotions: frustration and chagrin. She continued to wheel about in the forest, upsetting leaves and pine straw until the very floor of the forest itself was scored by her desperate searching.

The fox's voice once more sounded overhead and in a last ditch effort she looked up, her expression corybantic with indignation. The fact that she corrected Caiaphas in her forlorn voice only served to further usher the waif into inconsolable fury -- with a loud snarl she threw herself at the nearest tree and started to claw berserk and wildly up it. "A dead menace in two seconds!" She rejoined with another correction, practically howling as she searched for the clever little creature.