Phoenix Maplewood ori the fox hunts an elk

Moments passed, and the elk finally decided it had enough of Ori's screaming -- perhaps after realizing the creator of the noise couldn't actually harm it. To the beast's credit, it gave the small fox fair warning, stopping and turning with its antlers hung low. It exhaled harshly, sweeping its defense back and forth. She was smart enough to at least attempt a halt, though the ungulate hadn't given her quite enough time.

The kit fox did the best she could, darting atop the elk's head between the antlers (it had given her a ramp, after all), before launching off in a pivot that sent her off in the direction she had come. This might have startled the beast into a brief paused, but Ori didn't wait to find out -- she dashed the way she had come, her screams forgone now in favor of conserving her breath for speed.