Ouroboros Spine first to rise

It was on.

She chased, snapping at his tail when she neared him, and he ran circles around the pile. "Come on, try to bite me!" he taunted, words distorted but understandable as he spoke around the bone. He wanted to be caught and wanted to be bitten, but he would not make it too easier for her, less she grow bored of this game and of him. So kept a swift and steady pace, but after a few more laps around the pile he suddenly shifted, bolting away from it on the perpendicular, knowing full well that this change of course gave her the advantage to close distance on the diagonal.