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Last post from me! Osprey successfully rustled Shiv's jimmies, haha, thanks for the thread :D

The female's challenge caused Shiv to narrow her tiny bird eyes, peering down at her from the safety of the branch. She toyed with the idea briefly. Perhaps if she just flew down really quick and gave her a quick peck on the eye. How much force was needed to render a wolf blind? The bird cast the idea from her mind with a rough shake of her head. No, she didn't want to risk being eaten. She was the one who supposed to be getting food here, not the wolf!

The magpie continued to stare as the pesky female suddenly let out a yawn and fell onto her haunches. She made a small movement, as if about to fly off, before the stranger spoke again, capturing her attention — but she was only intrigued by the offer for half a second. How dare she tease her like that! Shiv cawed in frustration. "Shiv not for eating!" she scolded. Fed up with the female's games, the bird took off from her branch, bits of snow flying off the leaves. She decided to find a cache to raid elsewhere; flustered as she was with the current encounter.

However, before flying off, the bird thought she should leave a little gift for her troublesome friend. With a strange sound that sounded suspiciously like a cackle, she veered in a tight circle above the wolf, aiming to drop the only weapon she had on her — her last digested meal. Quickly, and without seeing if she had hit her target, the magpie then flew up and over the treetops, fear spurring her to fly as fast as she could lest the grey-furred female somehow grew wings and chased after her.