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VRUHAG
My diamond claws ripped through the beast's soft belly and its innards poured onto the ground with a squelch. I'd stalked my prey for over an hour, but now I'd finally cornered it. The smell of hot blood filled the air, alerting any nearby predator of my presence. I had to be quick. Foregoing thousands of years of evolution, I drew on the base predator within me and buried my snout in the beast's belly, ripping pieces of meat from bone and swallowing it raw. My sires would be appalled at my table manners.
I feasted as fast as I could, barely chewing the meat, very aware of how much noise I'd caused during the hunt. But I'd needed food to regain my strength. I was too wary to try any of the berries and mushrooms I'd come across, having seen the poisonous effects while watching t
