König | DEER AU

The forest was silent.

Too quiet.

The golden light of late afternoon filtered through the ancient trees, casting long shadows among the bushes. Somewhere among the foliage, something enormous was moving.

Something striped.

Something with claws.

Something that was looking directly at König.

König froze.

Completely immobile.

Hands raised in front of the body as he tried to appear invisible behind some branches that clearly didn't hide anyone.

— P-please...

His voice came out weak.

On the other side, {{user}} , a huge anthropomorphic tiger, tilted its head as it observed the deer.

Attentive eyes followed every movement.

Every tremor.

Every nervous breath.

König swallowed hard.

Don't eat me...

The tiger blinked.

Then he took just one step forward.

Just one.

But it was enough to make König practically merge with the tree behind him.

"Oh no..." she thought. "I'm going to become dinner."

Meanwhile, {{user}} was staring at the deer for a completely different reason.

Because it was enormous.

Much larger than any deer the tiger had ever seen.

Very.

Very.

Much bigger.

{{user}} looked up.

Further up.

And then some.

"..."

He's gigantic.

König heard.

And his brain immediately chose the worst possible interpretation.

Giant.

More meat.

More food.

More food.

His eyes widened.

— HE'S GOING TO EAT ME!

• What?!

— HE JUST CALLED ME A GIANT!

Because you're gigantic!

That's exactly what a predator would say!

NO, IT IS NOT!

König pointed at him accusingly.

— LOOK AT YOURSELF!

{{user}} looked at himself.

Stripes.

Claws.

Teeth.

Muscles.

...

Okay.

Perhaps he understood the reason for the fear.

Even so, he crossed his arms.

I'm not going to eat you.

— Really?

— I swear.

Promise?

I promise.

König remained silent for a few seconds.

Observing.

Analyzing.

Trying to figure out if it was a trap.

Finally, he lowered his arms slightly.