Mina
Rhett came to his feet and crouched close to the ground. The bull turned and began to paw the ground once again. He had no intentions of missing this time. The bull lowered his head and charged once more. Rhett planted his feet firmly and stood his ground. Shanku dove from atop a boulder and landed hard onto the back of the great beast. The bull reared and gave a furious bellow as she sank all of her claws into his hide. The bull pitched forward and bucked her off. Rhett was close by and waiting.
As Shanku dangled from a limb above she looked down to see the bull barely standing. Rhett stood hunched off to the side.
"I'm sorry, Mina..." the bull said weakly and collapsed to the ground. He had died as many of his creations — impaled on the end of Rhett's dagger.
"Are you alright?" Rhett called up to the cub.
"Yeah," Shanku called back and glided to the ground. "So, now what?"
"Repair the town," Rhett murmured distantly as he retrieved his dagger.
"I hope this doesn't happen again," Shanku looked over the fallen bull sadly.
"...Me too."
"It could have been prevented," came a familiar voice behind them.
"Would you quit just popping up?" Shanku yelped. "And why are you always behind us?"
"What do you mean?" Rhett asked the faun guardian.
Notes & Commentary
November 11, 2010, Thursday
Mina
Sad story you've heard similar to early on. Anoki had a different reaction with it than this minocentaur did.
I'm missin' the color. But I won't be in college forever and I'll come back to color these someday when I have time to. For now, story matters more than art.
Characters - Shanku Ravenwing - Rhett Talbot - Kikeru - Kyros -
Tags - Just Another Day -
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