Eating Shrimp For Breakfast
One eye squinted and the others brow rose as he looked at Starling after his comment about having a little between the ears. Well, at least he was joking this time. With a smirk, Zell chuckled "Keep pushin' it kid!" He winked at him. To be honest, he liked this guy already. He found himself quickly forgetting about the boys insulting words about his intelligence, and he liked the fact that he had apologized. He guessed his little patient hated him and would refuse to talk to him until she could boss him around again, but until she came to talk to him he probably would ignore everything she had to say. He was irked with her in all honesty, the brat calling him big red guy instead of trying to learn his name. But he would.forget it for now.
He nodded to Starling at the offer of a tour, a light smile touching his lips. "I'd like that. Still haven't really looked around yet." alright, enough talk! It was time for training after all, and Zell would take the chance to show Starling a few things. What better way to learn then by doing? He didn't want to go too hard on him, but he didn't know what his skill was either...it was a debatable moment, but in the end he shrugged it off. Couldn't get better without getting dirty.
Setting his legs equidistant apart, his ears pinned against his head and eyes would narrow. Brows furrowed to further protect his eyes, although he felt like the smaller boy would have a hard time getting to his face anyway. Hackles rose along his spine, tail flared out to guide him and aligning with his spine. Head lowered as well to align with his spine, chin tucking and lowering over his throat. Toes splayed across the ground, claws digging into the earth for traction as he briefly thought about his first move.
Everyone always expected a head on attack...so he began by slowly stalking around to Stars left, head lowered as he sought the perfect moment. Without any other warning, he launched at Starling as he sought to close the distance between them, his body swaying slightly to his own right as he endeavored to collide directly with Stars left just behind the elbow. To do this, he jutted the bony part of his chest straight out, attempting to slam his barreled chest into his target while using all his weight and knock the kid down, possibly bruise him too. Teeth bared as well to protect his face should star counterattack.
As he strove to do this, his teeth snaked forward and attempted to snap closed upon the back of Stars neck, just above where the scruff rolled and bunched. He aimed for a grip, if he could control stars head then he would be set. All he needed now was another distraction...aha! Left paw snaked forward then, his weight redistributed to his three grounded legs as he attempted to hook it around Stars left paw. He hoped to pull it from under him, possibly trip or distract him enough to get a good hold with his teeth.
Zell vs Starling for Spar |
