battling against self doubt

What fighter didn't want to be among the elite, among the best. Hazel knew that it would take work, but she was no stranger to that. She was no stranger to fighting tooth and claw for the things she had... hell, that was how she got here. That was how she'd survived twice now. The best revenge was surviving, thriving in spite of it all. It might be true-- Hazel had survived out of spite and spite alone.

"You did surprise me, yeah," Hazel smiled as she spoke. It was an interesting tactic, one that she wouldn't have come up with herself. "I thought I'd accidentally hurt you for real, and there's a chance that an opponent who's actually trying to hurt you will think they've done their job." The yearling nodded as she spoke with the pup. "Can you tell me something you think you could have done better in that fight?" Hazel poses the question carefully. Had to be constructive, couldn't be too hard on Kite. She, too, was learning.

"Speech"