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With her children grown and out on their own most of the time, Aris had been working on getting back in shape post-puppies. That meant a lot of seemingly-random actions like different stretches, or carrying around increasingly heavy weights, and jogs interspersed with sprints, that she'd learned from experience were the best way to bring her muscles back into condition without hurting herself - warrior and healer both, she'd put a lot of thought into it. She was basically back to her old self at this point, but she thought that if she continued on as she was doing she might actually surpass her younger self. She'd been jogging around the border - combining her exercise with patrolling - when she heard a sudden snarl echo from in front of her, followed quickly by a cougar's yowl. Her own muzzle writhed into a snarl - that was Atreus! And as good as he thought he was, if he was going after a cougar he was bound to be in trouble. Kicking up into a sprint, she came upon the scene, taking in her son grappling with the big cat. Without hesitating, she slammed her much smaller body against the cat's hip, spinning him around and causing him to lose his grip on Atreus. Bouncing back, she set herself, ready.