Crouching, watching, waiting, tail twitches with excitement. **only time for Mouse to creeping crawl from tiny hole** Luminescent wide-open eyes fixing on the darker-on-dark hole blink twice, rapidly. Freshly-sharpened claws anticipate mouse entrails, tightening against cold linoleum. Sound-catching ears focus and re-focus to pick up the first faint scratchings. He is Hunter, nothing more.