And we was both jumping up and down yelling "KILL, KILL"

Merlin grinned widely, his whole back end wagging in his enthusiasm. Someone new to train with! Well, she wasn't NEW-new, he knew. Asha'd been part of the pack for a while. But he'd never trained with her, and the novelty of it had the hyperactive male literally wiggling with delight. He wondered what she'd have in mind to do. Training? Sparring? Whatever it was, he was sure it would be fun. Except a lecture. Lectures were boring. Lectures meant holding still and listening, something Merlin did not excel in.

He was quick to prance over to the dark-colored female, tongue lolling out the side of his mouth and still trailing mud. The other wolves who'd showed up were already pairing off and moving away, so they had to get moving and catch up! He pounced in a circle around her. "Ok ok so what's our plan? What're we doing?"