Post by Julian on Dec 8, 2020 21:55:03 GMT
The midday sun cooked the flat stone surfaces. Julian didn’t recall when the last rain was, and felt there was no reason to believe there wouldn’t be rain for a very long time yet. Luckily for him though, his usual haunt was within walking distance of water -- it was his saving grace for the months he spent exiled
Given how precious the water was, it was surely a shock to see the callousness Julian treated it with. The enormous leopard skidded down the earthen bank and kicked a few fat dirt clumps into the middle of the waterhole for entertainment. When he approached the edge, he stuck his dust-caked paws in up to his wrists and dunked his head under. His somewhat-thick coat was hot to the touch and all Julian cared about was cooling off.
After a minute or so of sloshing, the huge feline’s head arose, water dripping sloppily from his jowls. Now a new thought had entered his head; he believed he could sense another presence. Julian’s cobalt eyes became alight at the idea of something to terrorize. He felt a smirk tug at his lips, directing his eyes at some tufts of grasses on the other side of the pool, where he believed the other animal to be.
“Why so shy, friend?” a voice like thunder came.
Surely the other animal would get the message that attention from this particular leopard was a dubious thing. Even those animals he came to for “assistance” weren’t always safe. But Julian presently was making no move and was deceptively relaxed.
Given how precious the water was, it was surely a shock to see the callousness Julian treated it with. The enormous leopard skidded down the earthen bank and kicked a few fat dirt clumps into the middle of the waterhole for entertainment. When he approached the edge, he stuck his dust-caked paws in up to his wrists and dunked his head under. His somewhat-thick coat was hot to the touch and all Julian cared about was cooling off.
After a minute or so of sloshing, the huge feline’s head arose, water dripping sloppily from his jowls. Now a new thought had entered his head; he believed he could sense another presence. Julian’s cobalt eyes became alight at the idea of something to terrorize. He felt a smirk tug at his lips, directing his eyes at some tufts of grasses on the other side of the pool, where he believed the other animal to be.
“Why so shy, friend?” a voice like thunder came.
Surely the other animal would get the message that attention from this particular leopard was a dubious thing. Even those animals he came to for “assistance” weren’t always safe. But Julian presently was making no move and was deceptively relaxed.
