He’d been hot on her trail for a good hour now, and finally, he caught sight of the familiar stocky dark woman ahead. Tail wagging, he trotted forward with a cheerful bark. He was tempted to greet her the same way they’d met, but decided that it might be best to act maturely with the Sentinel. That didn’t stop him from grinning a little when he realized that he’d grown taller than her, if only by a little, as he came up to the woman. He wore his armor, body and bracers. He had full plans to spar with the woman, since he’d heard she was going through testing the fighters and their skill levels. He didn’t doubt she’d probably stomp him into the dirt, but either way, it was a learning experience. “I heard you were testing fighters? I call dibs on the next stomping you dish out.” He grinned at her, sapphire eyes sparkling with his usual good humor as he shifted to put a good distance between them, paws settling into a ready stance. It was a huge improvement from the puppy she’d witnessed sparring with an invisible enemy. "Your move?" Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think

Patrolling the border, at a ground-eating trot that carried her over the miles at a good enough clip to cover enough ground to make it more likely that she'd catch any would-be trouble at the border or soon after, she tended to let her mind drift a bit, go out of focus if you will, so that all she focused on was what her senses were telling her. Letting the sensory input flood through her and only really focusing on what didn't belong. Movement where there shouldn't be, odd smells, sounds. Not what belonged. So when she suddenly came alert, she paused a half step to figure out what had caught her attention, and her attention zeroed in on it to find Cairo approaching with armor. Huh, I gotta get me some of that stuff, she found herself thinking, before he started to speak. She returned his grin. "I'm always up for a fight," she agreed. "Might as well kick your ass now and get it over with." Her patrol had been quiet and she didn't anticipate anything unusual coming up, and besides there were others on sentry duty and patrol to take up the momentary slack from testing Cairo's training. She gave him a hard, savage grin. "You just caught me invading your territory, bucky, you going to give me the first move all polite or are you going to put me on the ground first and then ask questions?" She rolled her heavy shoulders, slipping into a fighting stance with her thick hackles rising. She had never subscribed to the school of thought that you should give an invader a warning first, and with the obvious wall drawing attention to the border markers there was no excuse for anyone to be walking into their territory. They'd already had their warning.