Strong Enough

He was not aware of the audience that was nearby, only if his attention wasn't on the threat before him would he really have been able to spot the viewer. His tracking and hunting skills were much higher than his fighting skills at least.

He backed up from the cat carefully, building a quick defense and waiting for the cat to strike at him first. It felt like they were almost stalemated, and honestly if they cat walked off he would have let it. But it seemed the lioness was just as hungry as he was, and it wasn't going to go about it's way to the next of it's prey.

The lioness struck it's paw out, Balthier leaned back, avoiding the claws of the large cat. But when the cat leapt forward, he wasn't expecting it. He went up slightly on his hind legs just as reaction, and the cat was now on top of him nearly belly to belly and instantly going for a kill. Balthier's head tilted as his open jaw came down on the lioness' paw, using all of his strength to pushing himself sideways off the ground and successfully rolling the large cat over onto it's back and getting the upper hand.

"Balthier"