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As the dust cleared, the monster stood growling, breathing out fast disappearing clouds that cut through the cold air. This northwardly draft surrounded the beast, gently ruffling it's mane. This stillness in motion set my blood coursing through my body, pounding the walls of my heart and flooding my brain with impending doom theories. Her gaze calm yet strong felt like a javelin leaving the hands of a soldier, locked on its course with piercing accuracy. I knew at this moment that life as strong in its pursuits had the fragility of a flower amidst a storm. The beast stood knowing my weakness and fed on my vulnerability. A slight twist of the neck, squinted eyes, back arched , paws dug into the loose ground and with claws drawn she announced her final intension. The electric mood of the moment left me strangely confused. An impulse similar to a sexual encounter surged from within my spine, creating a duality of passion and fear in this deathly proximity with the inevitable. A question and then an answere, culter then clarity, flashes and then a fixed image of me as a child standing on an empty field looking skyward. Her teeth sank effortlessly into my soft flesh while i accepted the balance of mother nature in restoring the continuous. Our eyes locked for one last moment, without resisting I welcomed her to feast. I saw a glint of gratitude shine through before I merged into darkness. The light became me and I became the light!!!