Back and forth, back and forth...
It had once been a human toy, this little plaything of his... Now tossed aside and forgotten forever by those who had once enjoyed its simple charms.
His paw tapped it, back and forth, back and forth.
It slipped from his grasp, and tumbled end over end into the drainage pipe below.
And he followed it innocently into the darkness.
He sat for a moment in the darkness of the sewer, the light from above illuminating his tawny fur.
His paw lashed out, knocked over his coiled metal spring. It rolled a short distance down the pipe, and came to rest in a puddle of dirty water. His glass green eyes glinted as he stepped out of the light, following his prey.
Cruel thoughts came into his mind, and the darkness only gave them room to grow.
He could strangle them with it.
Or he could leave it in its watery resting place, to rust for all eternity.
Choices, choices...