The fundamental problem facing Sunny was simple — he was weaker than the Vile Thieving Bird.
That was nothing new to him, since he had spent most of his life fighting abominations that were far more powerful than he was. However, this battle was different because no amount of cunning or clever tricks could help him defeat a being who could literally bend the laws of existence to its will.
One needed strength to impose an outcome on a creature like the Vile Thieving Bird, and Sunny was not strong enough.
To be more precise, the loathsome Terror's determination to live was stronger than his desire to kill it. Sunny called himself the Sovereign of Death, and death was indeed the most natural expression of his Will — its innate element. However, his Death Will was not potent enough to slay the Thieving Bird.
It was not potent enough to slay the Thieving Bird before Sunny was destroyed by its talons, at least.
