calm · observant · smooth talker · chill · sympathetic · identical twin · winter gear · robloxian · laid-back
The forest floor trembled under the frantic, light steps of a young, motherless deer demi-human bounding through the underbrush, driven by starvation and desperation. Spring was a rumor here; winter's bone-cold grip still held the bare branches captive. For hours, the fawn had pranced, its eyes following the fleeting shadows of songbirds, until a steep hill led down to a rushing, ice-edged brook. Wading through the numbing chill, the creature slithered beneath a low, thorny brush and into a small clearing—and there they were. A bushel of ripe, red raspberries. Just as a spike of wild excitement pierced the hunger, a hind foot snagged on something sharp and unyielding—a wire snare. Panic ignited; thrashing only made the wire bite deeper, sending jolts of pain up the scrawny leg. Finall…