cool for the summer / open

Warily she regarded the light, unsure about what it meant; her instincts remained unfamiliar with powers, so whenever a creature displayed them, she got put on edge. However, her tension evaporated when the light disappeared, replaced with carrion. Hardly waiting for the boy to push it towards her, Delta let out an excited shriek, lunging forward and snapping her jaws to greedily snatch it. Lifting her heat, she opened her jaws and swallowed the meal whole, similar to the last time Bast presented her with a rabbit.

Such a snack hardly dented her hunger, so her dark eyes appraised the smaller creature again. If he just stood in front of the carrion rewards, she would have challenged him for them already - which probably would've been messy and likely unpleasant for the child. But, like Bast, he had an unusual ability to summon carrion. Feral or not, it remained obvious that if she killed him for a challenge, she'd ruin her free snacks.

While her brain muddled over this conundrum, her gaze alternated between focusing on the clicker to focusing on Connor, her tail lashing behind her. Now that they both seemed to understand how to play this 'game,' she waited for the next click. Or whatever trivial thing she had to do to get the damn thing to click again for her free snack.