shock to your system [pupper fight lessons]

The child was pleased that she'd given a good answer, and happily drank in everything the others said in hopes of learning all she could from this training. The defenses part she was enjoying, though the whole hurting others and getting hurt bit wasn't quite as exciting to the dark-faced girl. Her ears swiveled over to the older yearling who gave more advanced suggestions than those she and her brother came up with. Kinda made Rhea wonder if this girl had done real fighting before or something. Sure seemed like somebody who'd enjoy that sort of thing, with the way she was all ablaze with excitement like that.

After trying to mimic Caelestis' movement and being a bit off, Rhea felt heat rising to her cheeks as the girl pointedly corrected her, but soon she was too invested to feel embarrassed. When the man leading the training asked them to demonstrate their defenses, Rhea would scrunch up her little face determinedly, side-eyeing the apparently fight-savvy yearling for hints.

First she'd let her ears fall back and pin to her skull, then she wrinkled her nose up in a puppy snarl like Corvus had done. Her eyes narrowed a lot but that was more incidental from the way her expression changed when she was trying to focus than because she was using it as a defense. Going to bend her joints slightly so they were loose and ready to move, she noted the older girl shifting the way her legs sat under her body and studied it for a moment. The limbs were move centered under Cael's shoulders and hips now. Rhea would mimic the move to the best of her ability and also remember to lower her head - not too far this time - and tail even with her spine. Her shoulders fell back a bit as she leaned forward eagerly, tail breaking form it's position for a moment to wag hopefully. Waas this right?