put em up!

He knew Hana didn’t want to fight, that it wasn’t in her nature to bear her teeth and strike. He also knew that if she had some training, there might be a time where this introduction to self defence might save her life. He understood the importance of it. Enough to gently push her from her comfort zone.

“Until you know they aren’t going to hurt you, or those you're protecting. Often, that means getting in a strike that hurts them enough to make them back down, or getting your teeth on a tender part. When that happens, it’s not to hurt them, its just to warn them ‘back off, or next time I will hurt you’ “ he furrowed his brow, wondering if this wasn’t the sort of tactic Hana would or could use. “Maybe for you, its enough to give them a surprise or slow them down, so you can high tail it out of there” he suggested.