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Reflections
Chapter Two - Fast Thing
His first hunt is successful- most likely due to the fact that it is an ambush.
He takes care to find a solitary Hollow that feels as if they are at the same level as him, and then he stalks them for miles. After his prey suffers an unsuccessful hunt of its own, he launches himself at the bug-like Hollow he had followed for so long.
Its many arms are all bladed and he fears being cut with every swing of its bony appendages, but he is a Fast Thing and can dodge them all.
But the fear remains, so at the first chance he gets, he swipes his sharp claws at the Hollows neck and watches as its head goes flying. When he bites into the fleshier part of its torso, its arms are still twitching, and they knock against his shoulders, but he doesn't stop until the Hollow is empty of blood, and meat, and reiryoku.
It is the first satisfying meal he has had while under the lonely moon.
Afterwards, he is pleased with himself, and wastes no time in stalking down more prey. And as he gets stronger and stronger, so too must his prey become stronger.
It comes to the point where an ambush is pointless.
It comes to the point where he is no longer afraid.
It comes to the point where he lusts for blood in an entirely new way.
He wants to battle.
He needs to.
End Note: Reiryoku (霊力): Spiritual Power.