Shavar had had it up to his long, sinewy neck with the alien invader whom he had been trailing, now, for over one full light cycle. He had already been in a really foul mood because, no matter what he tried, he just couldn't seem to get that young healer, Shakti, interested in him. He had been hanging around her for so many cycles he had lost count... offering to help her collect plants, offering to guard her if she wanted to go further into the forest. And he knew that she wanted to, he could see it in her black crystalline eyes... those beautiful eyes... but she balked him at every advance! What in the seven tribes was the girl waiting for?!?<br/><br/>And now this.. alien.. this strange creature had come out of its large... whatever it was... and was walking around like it owned the place. He could easily keep pace with the short-necked, straight legged alien, even without going on all fours, as the Tu'ul tended to do when they want to put on some serious speed. His ancestors used to go around like that all that time, like the beasts of the planet did, but they had evolved beyond that phase long ago.<br/><br/>Seeing that the alien was careless enough to just go wandering deeper into the forest, Shavar almost had a mind to just leave him and let some karnabeast take care of him or something. But no, the young Tu'ul warrior decided that he would be the alien's greatest threat. Besides, the creature could be up to anything and it was Shavar's duty, as he saw things, to deal with it.<br/><br/>Crouching on all fours, in order to move as silently and carefully as possible, Shavar stalked parallel to the alien until the sun was low in the sky, then sat stock still and watched the creature in silence. The male's skin was darkish green, a perfect color to blend with the tall wavy bushes in which he was currently hiding, especially amongst the shadows of twilight. His tail/phallus waved behind him in agitation, the end splitting open and his barb coming out, but he held himself off to wait for the optimum moment to strike.