Ravensblood Forest Earthworm

The skull she introduced as muskrat, but what Nox saw instead was her own. A reflection of what lay within her, a darkness she had displayed since their first meeting in these woods.

"That depends," he rumbled, though his gaze lingered on each pool of silver as if to seriously consider it for a time. Following the arc of bone as it thudded unceremoniously on the leaf litter nearby, he sat feline-like before her, his own sharp-tooth grin matching her own. "On how this raid turns out."

A barely disguised threat, an outstretched paw drew the skull to his side. "I can make it easier if ya like, give ye a real broken bone if yer not ready to play pretend."