#Chapter89
Survival
It seems stunned for a moment, rolls, and crawls to its trembling legs, blinking my way, and then turns and takes off at a ridiculously slow speed, no longer willing to combat whatever I just did. It's not recovered though, it's clumsy, and swaying, and crashing into the undergrowth.
It doesn't get very far, as I watch from my perched semi kneeling position. It's staggering sideways, then slowing to a bumbling uncoordinated mess of a stop, falls over its own feet and slumps face down on the ground. It's like it's drunk and as it lets out a long noisy groaning exhale, I pull myself to my feet, and watch as it falls completely silent.