[center][color=82ca9d][h1][b][u]Ananze[/u][/b][/h1][/color][color=7bcdc8][sup][sup][h2][i][b]A Predator's Stalking[/b][/i][/h2][/sup][/sup][/color][/center][hr]Skittering limbs, a snaking form, all weaving their way through the trees in synchronous swift motions. Animals quieted down, knowing of its presence, before the sounds of its movement--even the rustling of leaves that one would normally hear, died down. There was only the wind and the occasional animal sound, or the creaking of the trees and the sloshing of water in the muddy, moist bog.

A daedri was a prowl, not that the intruder would know, after all despite the being's position in the trees, the daedri was much higher up...and plenty quiet. Using not its eyes to detect the strange metallic man, Ananze made sure to continue moving, keeping tree trunks and layers of leaves between itself and its query. While the being was not in its web, they were in its territory and that was enough. Such was why the daedri could move so silently in the forest's canopy terrain, as web was laid out here and there, with branches, leaves, and trees memorized to know where to move and where not to. Its instincts and its own practice over many years had allowed the feat of silent, stealthy traversal.

Peering warily through the trees, trying to get close enough to catch a glimpse of the figure without allowing it to do the same, Ananze wondered what it was. After all, it smelled of metal and machinery, something the daedri had smelled not too often in the Primal Wood. However, aside from that it could tell very little as though there were other less pungent smells about the being's person the daedri could not quite identify them without closer observation. Though, it was lucky enough to find an angle at which it could see the being and it was at this point in time that it realized just how mechanical it was. It looked like a human, but not like any the daedri had ever seen as it was composed of metal--though clothed as well.

It did not look appetizing, the daedri surmised. Nonetheless, it was intruding in his territory, and was unwelcome, and would need to be repelled--or taught a lesson. At that thought, the daedri retreated entirely into the trees, no chance of being sighted once more, and exuded thread from one of its palms, using two others to knead it into a hollow sphere of dense make. It swiftly infused mana into the construct, enhancing its tensile strength and resistance, before it bit into the sphere, injecting its acidic venom into its core, before mending it and compressing it further.

The daedri repeated this process four more times, taking only several seconds each, mostly due to its many limbs. When it was finished it positioned itself eight meters above and to the being's right side, weaving small bits of thread between branches and leaves as it did so. Nothing would appear off in the shrubbery to most beings, especially at a cursory glance. However, the reason for the daedri's action would become clear as soon as it pulled its arm back and threw one of the spheres through the opening it had made, or rather through the web-wrapped canopy. It moved silently, no single leaf moving enough against its fellow leaves to make any notable noise.

The sphere flew quite swiftly and it was aimed at the intruder's legs.

After Ananze had released the sphere, he immediately changed positions, and he would have relocated several meters to the being's left--now behind him by 7 meters before settling down to see the result of its first strike. It remained concealed by the surrounding flora.