Willows
05-01-2020, 08:56 PM
The yearling was usually a flurry of inquiries, but for lessons she was the picture of attentiveness. It was easy to get lost in something she was passionate about, after all. Her eyes never left him, following the young man as he moved, and she silently repeated the key phrases and marked the vulnerable areas in her mind.
There was one point that stuck in her mind, though... Get inside his guard? Sirius had told her that a smaller wolf's best approach was harrying at their opponent from the sides — hit and runs. Her attacks before wouldn't work, he'd told her, because getting under him put her at risk. So how could she get close enough, without letting him throw his weight around? But he answered that too, soon enough. Haunches. Try to get behind him.
Cairo began to sink into his defenses. Mal crouched low, ears pinned, and studied the area, checking for a low branch here, a rock there, dangers to avoid. She wouldn't try for his rear just yet, but.... "Ready!" In a burst of speed, she pushed off from her hindlegs, bolting low and quick towards the dark brown male. She let her eyes fall on his right upper foreleg, hoping to lead him astray. Nearing a few inches away from him, she feinted to his right, hoping for him to throw his own weight that way before she actually pivoted left. She'd attempt to use her teeth to slash through the leather drape on his left side and the top of his thigh. She would keep running past him, and pause another few lengths away, sinking back into her own defensive pose and keeping light on her toes.
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