[Luminous]

river was st̸̖͗ill curled under the little cover of brancḥ̵̉es, lḙ̸́aves, and moss where she'd signaled for him to wait. he didn't move when the mollỵ̵̎ came near, but as a paw brushed aside the cov̶̘̐er and mute̴̡̾d hues searched under them, blue and yellow looked back.

she nodded. the same pol̴͍̒ite way as she wo̴̩͆uld greet an another Claw. and laid down the mouse before him. his mouth opened, taking the tinieș̵͊ breath in to inhale the scent, and he -what the molly had assume was instinctively- leaned forward. then he froze, jaws closing. ṯ̶͒hen opening again. and closing. a pause, then the mouse was nudged towards her. she shook her head no, but he wouldn't move. fine.

once she had ṯ̸̇aken a bite, ch̷̨́ewed, and swallowe̶̺̊d the m̸̹͒ousemeat with aś̵͕ nė̴̤utral of an expression the the searing hunger inside her would al̴̺͝low, he gav̶̳̐e in, and be̶̺̊gan to eat as̵̝̚ well.