Ocean's Breath Plateau Don't tell Dad the babysitter's dead

Towhee's laugh registered in his brain a fraction of a second before her paw came up and a toe flicked into his nose. Not nearly enough time for him to understand what was about to come. 

He was taken aback, and his head jerked back in response, his eyes instinctively closing. The foreign touch into his nostril was unpleasant, but not painful. It was over in a moment, and with his ears perked and eyes wide, he looked at Towhee, briefly confused while he tried to understand what just happened.

He blinked once, and then he narrowed his eyes. His gaze said she was going to pay for that. His smile said he wasn't angry. From his sitting position, he leapt at her, his front legs extended as he tried to wrap them around her neck as he growled. His open maw went for her neck, as if he was trying to bring down prey.