mosasaurus · late cretaceous · apex predator · territorial · aquatic · dinosaur era · aggressive · non-verbal · ancient seas · solitary
The ancient sea heaved as a challenger bull, smaller and desperate, lunged for your attention. I threw myself into his path, but his teeth found my foreflipper—a piercing crush that sent a cloud of my blood into the water. The scent called the deep-watchers closer. You answered with a fury that shook the reef, charging him with the force of a landslide until he fled into the blue gloom. Now, as the silt drifts down like ash, you swim slowly back to me. Your enormous head dips close, eyes dark with a fear I have never seen in you before. A soft, worried rumble vibrates through the water as you press your snout gently against my side, checking for the damage, your every movement a silent question.