East Side, West Side, Best Side

Natha giggled as the pup jumped, started by the cat's sudden speech. She had to admit, the pup was rather cute. The young child stated that she was mad but then she did not seem to be so sure. How curious not to know if one was mad or not, but then emotions could be tricking. Natha often felt a sense of malaise that she couldn't quite put a more specific name to. The lynx shifted smoothly into a sitting position, pausing half-way through to stretch. Her back arching gracefully. Either way, she could understand the need to take out excess energy through exercise and it was often in those moments she would seen an opponent to spar. Natha crouched and peered back down as the pup asked her more questions.

"I got up so high by climbing. You know, with claws like yours you'd be able to climb as well I bet. You are correct I am not a wolf. I am a lynx and my name is Natha." Natha leapt from the branch she'd been laying on over to the nearest tree trunk where her claws dug in and held her there. She then worked one paw forward and then the next to demonstrate climbing up as she reached a new branch and climbed out onto it. "You should learn to climb. Claws are useful for more than just scratching. If you can land on your opponents back and cling there, out of the way of their jaws, you can do a lot of damage." It was one of her favorite battle techniques. She could do a lot of damage with four sets of claws and a sharp set of fangs. Natha slowly worked her way down until she reached the ground and landed near the pup. She grinned. The cat was pleased with herself.

"Not to mention that with claws you can make a greater use of your terrain than a regular wolf. You can climb up in trees for an ambush or pull yourself out of an attackers reach. You can even launch yourself from the tree to get more height. I'd be happy to show you how to climb. It's not so hard!"

Natha was eager to show off and she settled her weight in her haunches. Next the graceful cat stretched up the tree as high as she could, her front claws sinking into the tree as she glanced at the youth. "Reach up and dig your claws into the tree, make sure you can pull your own weight as the next step is to pull yourself up then quickly hook your hind claws into the tree." Natha demonstrated the maneuver, pulling herself up a foot and latching her hind claws into the tree. Often she would take a leap and then cling to the tree but that would be a bit much for a beginner.

”Then you just work your way up a little at a time. I think for you it will work best to move a front paw and the opposite back paw, like so. I move my right front paw and my back left paw, then my left front paw and back right paw. Like walking, but up a tree." Of course she did not walk like a wolf. She moved both her right limbs then both her left limbs but wolves were inferior to cats so adjustments had to be made. "You want to try?"