Faster yet

Alas, he was the first to fall. But Ashmedai came shortly after, and the two of them tumbled in the snow, surrounded by cold air and the sounds of laughter. Alarik laughed until his stomach hurt a bit, and he looked up to see where his opponent had ended up. The smaller brute sat up as well, shaking his head all around to get the snow out of his ears. Brr!

"Yeah!" he called out, laughing brightly again. He was definitely alright. "That was fun!"

And as if to prove that he did indeed think it was fun, Alarik burrowed his face into some fresh, untouched snow nearby and rolled onto his back. His legs flailed gracelessly as he rolled himself around in the snow again, and then he stood up. His fur looked mostly white by now. "Watch this," he said to Ashmedai, and then all at once he shook himself, head and body and tail, and the snow flew off of him in a cloud of white. He laughed again.

He hadn't had this much fun in so long!