Eyes on the forest, not on the trees.

And she's my fiancee. So if you want to get to him, expect to go through both of us.

I shift on to my side and find myself looking directly into Gale's eyes. For an instant the world recedes and there is just his flushed face, his pulse visible at his temple, his lips slightly parted as he tries to catch his breath.

You're hideous, you know that, right?

I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despise being one myself.

Oh, the fun we two have together.

I take a few breaths to calm myself, step back, and lift Buttercup by the scruff of the neck. "I should've drowned you when I had the chance." His ears flatten and he raises a paw. I hiss before he gets a chance, which seems to annoy him a little, since he considers hissing his own personal sound of contempt.