tread carefully

The little princess only barely managed to knick her father’s snout with her sharp quills. He shifted to grab at her neck but she was a quick little wiggle worm and dodged out of his grasp. She didn’t take her eyes off her father, but she had to keep herself fully focused. Keeping her balance, staying out of his grasp, returning fire and taking the offensive, she had a lot going on and she didn’t even have a year of fighting experience. She was doing much better than she had ever anticipated.

She clearly saw him lift his paw to swipe towards her face and Ike had to think quickly, and instead of thinking about it she just lowered her head and aimed to use her little tiny antlers to parry his swipe. She also grimaced in sudden disappointment as her white back leg was plunged into a hefty puddle as she redistributed her weight.

"Kiyohime Shuriken Ōritsu Abraxas"