Magic Blue Smoke on Nostr: When a predator engages with its target, the expression on its face is not hate, or ...

When a predator engages with its target, the expression on its face is not hate, or rage, or malice.

It's joy.

Play in most animals involves mock predation. It's fun to be 'it' and it's fun to be chased.

The wild joy in a cat as it chases a terrified, shrieking animal.

The space between "haha wasn't that fun" and tearing it apart in bloody shreds on the lawn.