Flash Fiction #649 -- The First Strike (Drabble)

 A squirrel threw an acorn at a fae walking through his forest.He hadn't expected it to hit."Ow! Listen, you misbegotten creature from the void --""My mistake! I've never hit before --""You aren't a pixie."The squirrel stopped running back and forth on the branch.  "Not a pixie, no. Not that stupid."He made the fae laugh.  That was a good sign. He might survive. When the sound of