That one little gesture filled Pinion with rage. Oh boy, now Langoustine's done it. Or maybe you have. You chose this path after all.
Pinion launched itself at the leader, knocking it onto its flank and into the water. Langoustine's neck and head followed and its head slapped the surface of the water before being momentarily submerged.
For a moment the sight fascinated Pinion. If Langoustine's head remained under the water then it would die. Almost without thinking, Pinion responded to this information by lifting up its foot and placing it on the leader's head, pushing it back down into the water.
Langoustine thrashed and Pinion instinctively stepped on its neck with its other foot to keep it down.
Something hit Pinion's flank and it rolled off of Langoustine and into the pond water. It struggled to right itself and when it did, saw Pebble standing over it, shock and condemnation in its eyes.
Pinion looked from it to Langoustine and realised what it had done. Trying to kill the leader was unheard of to the point of being unthinkable (or at least, it should have been), but Pinion knew one thing for certain: it would not be forgiven for this mistake.
Pebble stepped forward. "We cannot allow a killer in the flock," it said dangerously.
Pinion stepped backwards, but already several other flamingos were advancing on it, all with the same grim look in their eyes. That was when Pinion knew it would never see another day.
Well, that's the end of that. I think you've hit a literal dead-end. Want to try again?
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