It tentatively licked the leaves of the plant before chomping down on it and began chewing, enjoying the pleasure of simply eating as it raised its head to observe its surroundings, passively listening to the quiet sounds of the forest. Then, in the last moments of its life, its left ear rotated towards the direction of a short thwip noise, a fraction of a second before the broad-headed arrow shaft neatly cut through the flesh of its neck, severing an artery as it pierced deeper into its oesophagus and cut into the flesh on the interior due to the neck’s movements as the anfer fell, spasming and thrashing.