sprint
Full-Split Stride
cheetah / explosive ground speed
dive
Plunge Trajectory
gannet / streamlined descent
pounce
Arched Spring
lion / predatory burst
coil
Raised Hood
cobra / compressed threat
hesitate
Threshold Freeze
person / suspended decision at a line
yearn
Barred Reach
person / arms through bars toward something just beyond
recoil
Snap-Back
hand / involuntary withdrawal from heat
ignite
Strike Point
match head / moment of first flame
crystallize
Dendritic Freeze
snowflake / ordered growth from a single seed
dissolve
Crumbling Edge
sugar cube / breakdown at the waterline