Your strong, violent swing hits the deer right in the eye. The creature makes another disturbing, terrible hacking sound and goes for you with its antlers.

It jabs you in the chest, but you defend yourself again. You swing another paw. It hits the deer in the nose. You can feel its blood hit your claws. The deer does not give in. It rams again.

You bite.

It rams.

You bite again.

It rams again.

This continues until you are both tired and bloody and frustrated. Everything hurts. You fall over. You slide into the river. Everything goes dark. The water carries you away.

You choose to…

• …die.