You and me

After their introductions, Mercury found he was keyed up from the promised fight, and had no real chance to act on it. He stretched his limbs and considered his body for a moment. Well, there was only one way to find out really. The best way to know if he was battle ready, was to put himself in a battle. Trial by fire. He looked over at the red Armada wolf who had introduced herself as Keahi.

“Well, that was disappointing. I guess they aren’t so keen on fair fights.” He said, offering her an amused expression. The hyenas only wanted to fight if the odds were stately drastically in their favour, it seemed.

There was a strong wind picking up on the beach, but the adrenaline in his veins kept him warm. This territory might be unfamiliar to him, but he had spent so much of his life on beaches, a ship merchant at heart. If there was any place he’d be comfortable to see what he could do after his long months of hardship, it was on a beach.

“Keahi. How would you feel about a spar, since we can’t toss around hyenas instead?” he teased. His voice warm and friendly - he already knew as much as he needed to know about this woman. She jumped in to help someone she didn’t even know.

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