[The rock starts its arc through the air with the weight of a rock. But there's a flicker of red just before it hits the ground, and when it does, it bounces -
and unlatches and spills out light and very suddenly there is a large creature there, pale feathers of its head and neck and axe-like crest reflecting the sparse light.
It lands with its forelegs spread wide on the ground, long claws splayed. There's an immediate huff of an inhale, like a gasp, and it fixes Akira with a razor-sharp stare, pupils constricting, gaze flicking up-and-down-and-side-to-side in a panicked scrawl.
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and unlatches and spills out light and very suddenly there is a large creature there, pale feathers of its head and neck and axe-like crest reflecting the sparse light.
It lands with its forelegs spread wide on the ground, long claws splayed. There's an immediate huff of an inhale, like a gasp, and it fixes Akira with a razor-sharp stare, pupils constricting, gaze flicking up-and-down-and-side-to-side in a panicked scrawl.
All this in the first second.]