It was pure, dumb luck that the oblivious herbivore had ducked his head into a little premade tunnel the moment Ax made his clumsy - yet in its own way impressive - debut into the open. He hadn't the common sense to close a bit of the distance between predator and prey by stalking nearer...so he knew he had to cover that gap as quickly as possible. The result was a springing, bounding sort of gallop that made it appear he was hopping in a field of lilacs.
However...a miracle happened.
The lapin was stunned by the sudden attack in such a way that he was rendered immobile for the precious seconds of Ariston's approach. He jerked, then made a move to zip off into the shrubs, but the heavy slam of the wolf's paw against his back came with such force that its spine was snapped right in the middle. Front legs are hardly useful without their rear counterparts, and so it was that Ariston's jaws descended and made a quick end to the animal that was hereby remember as his first ever kill on land.
"I fucking DID IT!" he roared in triumph before taking the little heap of flesh and whipping his head back to send it airborne in a celebratory toss. Unfortunately he'd not noticed the low hanging branches just above him...at least not until his prize got tangled in the branches. It dangled like a macabre pinata and swayed gently as a breeze whistled past in the deathly quiet preceding an understandable outburst of indignation.
"..no! NOOOOO!" he screeched in anguish as he whirled in tight, concentric circles beneath his now out of reach success story.
set by Emy