Show me the ropes

He gave a warm laugh at that. “Okay, ‘some’ of them are good.” He agreed, his voice a happy rumble. He watched as she fell into a stance. Shifting her weight as she lowered her head and flicked back her ears. Shoulders went forward, and hackles up. He walked a pace around her, eyeing her carefully. “Looks good, rock your weight back and forth a little, I want to see your balance” He said as continued to circle.

“Your a light build, so you’ll want to be moving a lot in battle.” He continued. As for her question… “Fighting a wolf can be a lot different from fighting a predator. If you're jumping into a fight, you have to be prepared to draw blood. Otherwise you’ll be easy prey” he said, thinking for a moment of everything he had lost already. He was glad Anthea had wished to learn to fight. It would be good for her to have some training to fall back on.

"Mercury"