shock to your system [pupper fight lessons]

Rhea's little tail wagged vigorously at the arrival of her brother, a smile forming on her normally cautious and stoic face. Corvus was fun, she was glad he was here too, though... Where was Aiden? He should come too! The girl giggled as Covus asked if she was gunna fight him and nodded dramatically, "Yeah, I'm gunna beat ya up so prepare yourself!" Normally she wasn't so enthusiastic about roughhousing, but the nervous energy she felt as the training began manifested itself in a sort of bravado meant to help her ignore her reservations. Rhea wasn't a fighter, but, that was probly the exact reason why she ought to participate in learning the basics.

The lesson started then, and the green-eyed child listened intently to everything the man said, soaking it up like a little sponge. Fighting is scary, but it's also important. Okay. Scary was definitely the easier part to digest. In real fighting, you actually got hurt. Lots more than when playing - the bites would be real and they'd hurt bad. A slight tremble ran through her little body but she shook it off when the man demonstrated part of the defense stuff.

Standing up and following her brother's lead Rhea would tuck her chin much more neatly, legs spreading out relatively evenly though her front legs were a bit too far forward. Glancing at Corvus, she copied his wrinkled muzzle, eyes narrowing a bit too to protect the shimmering orbs from harm. After thinking for a second she would shyly chirp, "Oh, uh, and pull your ears back to keep them safe from gettin' grabbed at." She demonstrated the action, tucking hers flat against her skull. That lesson she learned in one of the early scuffles with her brothers. Ears were an easy target if you left them unprotected.