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"You're in for a treat then," Fin replied with a smirk, turning her attention back to the snake. She had never actually managed to kill one before, and she really wasn't too confident that today would be the day she finally succeeded in such an endeavor. But Fox didn't need to know that. Nor did she need to know about the many times she'd been bitten by the non-venomous kind when entertaining one of these tangles. Some things were just better left unsaid.

The two predators stared each other down for a few more minutes, each testing the other and making judgments on how to react if the other made a move. Finally, Fin sucked in a deep breath and lashed a paw out at the snake, who moved almost in the same exact instant to reach its fangs out at her flying limb. Fin's movement was partnered with a sideways jump, which was what truly saved her life as the snake's head sailed harmlessly past her to snap at the space her shoulder had been in only seconds before. Her attacking paw managed its goal--to tap on the crackling rattle at the end of its coiled tail--before Fin pulled it back as fast as she could and backpedalled away from the snake faster than she'd likely ever even managed to run before in her life.

"MOVE!" Fin barked at Fox as she whirled around and darted away, a laugh already dancing along her voice as the viper began to hiss and rattle in fury in her wake. She made it a few yards before she deemed it safe and pulled herself to a stop and turned back to see where her alpha had gotten off to. She had no doubt that Fox would have made it unscathed from the encounter, for if Fin knew one thing, it was that snakes did not play chase.