Square Up [Fight Training]

Ramsay grinned, shoving lightly but playfully against Vadim as his brother leaned against him. Vadim's jaws found their usual place against Ramsay's cheek, before mouthing his face and ears. With an amused rumbled, Ramsay squinted as he ducked away, before turning back to Vadim and trying to nip his brother's ear in return. It was a familiar action, something that took no thought, allowing him to pay some attention to his surroundings. Although he glanced over the wide array of large and interesting wolves, he was less attentive than his brother, and didn't catch the low conversations of others. It wasn't until Avalon spoke to all of them in her powerful tone, that Ramsay perked to attention and sat straight, still in close proximity with his brother. It seemed their other siblings would not be joining them; oh well, looks like they were going to miss out on some good stuff!

As Avalon began the lesson, describing the defensive stances that they should take during a fight and demonstrating for them, Ramsay sprung to his paws, and feeling movement at his side. Vadim was already posing, and Ramsay quickly got to work trying out the moves for himself, olive eyes fixated on Avalon. His awkward legs shifted to hip and shoulder width apart, his paws and nails gripping the ground as the Alpha described how it would help with balance. He lifted his tail, holding it straight out behind him, although it drooped as she explained why you might want to keep it tucked a lot of the time. He swallowed a slight nervous lump in his throat; he'd always known that fighting was a serious business, but he hadn't thought about some of the realities. Boy, did that ever sound vicious, to have your tail bitten off, or... he shuddered at the thought of losing anything else.

He shook his head in tandem with Vadim when the Alpha asked the participants if they had any questions so far. He couldn't believe she would say this stuff was boring! He was enthralled, and eager to learn more and continue further into the lesson. If this was just the beginning... whatever was coming next was going to be way cool! He panted with excitement when Avalon said they'd be pairing off and learning more complex things - did that mean they were going to fight, for real? He glanced at Vadim, eyeing his brother before looking back to the she-wolf. Who were they going to get paired with? Hearing his brother's name quickly followed by his own, he grinned widely as he jumped in place. "Sweet!" he yipped, his body lowering into an unpracticed crouch while his brother bounced around to face him head on. His tail whipped back and forth as he attempted to set his defenses, his legs bending at the joints and paws shuffling into a widened stance. His head lowered, spine aligning, and nails digging into the grass. His brows furrowed as he heard a mentor being assigned to them, but he didn't think they'd need help. They could figure this out by themselves.