put em up!

He raised a brow at the very long, gusty sigh exhaled from her lips. She did not seem to be her usual, chirpy self, and he found himself wondering what had gotten her down. “Everything okay Hana?” he asked as they began to walk towards the training dummies.

He glanced at the stuffed creations, and back to Hana, and his smile sneakily made its way back to his maw. “Well, the beginning point for fighting is always defenses. So your not going attack your terrible foe just yet. First, do you know the basic defenses?” he asked her. Even as he spoke, his body fell into the very familiar rhythm of them spreading his paws, digging in his toes, bending his knees. His tail went out behind him like a banner, and his wings he held loosely at his side, shielding his ribs without being fully tucked. He scrunched his neck, rolled his shoulders, and folded his ears. The stance was so familiar to him he fell into it as naturally as breathing.