Redtail Rise High Risk, High Reward

augur's test proved the intensity of the elk. it did not retreat far, and now the murky light glinted from its tines.

his tongue lolled. he kept his body tense, between thorn caller and the frenzied creature.

at last his pale plume rose: call the others.

they would drive it back firstly, and the energy toll would make it a later meal, augur believed.

for now he snapped his teeth, hair standing upright in a hedge from shoulders to tailbase; he would use his bulk and menace to keep the animal standing where it was if he could, unable to press further into the rise.