AN: Hello, and welcome to my new story. It's kind of a back-story for the micro-verse of my story 'A Touch of Humanity', but works as a stand-alone as well. Critiques, comments, opinions and marshmallows are all welcome -wanted, really- and of course, I'll be having a damn good laugh at pointless flamers. Fear not, exr and I are still hard at work on A Touch of Humanity as well. ^_^
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Perspective
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The raven's black eyes gleamed in the moonlight, his claws pricked sharply at the branch he was perched on and he cawed loudly. Below, the running figure clad in orange and dirty white failed to acknowledge his claim to the surrounding area. She just kept running, stumbling under the weight of the irregularly-shaped thing on her back, flattening overgrown grass as she blundered across the landscape.
Another noisy caw still failed to garner the respect the raven demanded. Shattered pieces of bark fell to the ground when he leapt from the branch, swooping through the dim evening sky towards his target.
Finally, recognition struck. The raven's wing clipped across the back of her head and the female gave a yell of fright, losing her footing and tumbling awkwardly to the ground. Satisfied with her submission, the raven swooped away, borne on a stiff breeze scented with the tang of blood and ringing with the screech of pain wrenched from the woman's throat. She should have learned her lesson now and would soon vacate his territory.
He returned to the nest with a contented clucking and settled in to wait for sleep.
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AN: HA! :D -hides-