Tikki sneers. She hasn’t even opened her mouth and already the ork is showing
her an attitude. Orks do that a lot, behaving like they can do anything they 
please just because they’re big and strong. Tikki finds that irritating. It’s
not only a challenge to her—her power, her position—but a challenge against
Nature, the balance of power among the many predators populating the human 
domain. A threat she has to meet.