grin and bear it

Pyrie was still a little undecided about staying here in the Armada, but she had lingered for the summer season and hadn’t made up her mind to leave yet. Having Bronze so close was one reason she stayed, having family by her side again tempted her more than anything. The young woman was comfortable here in the northern reaches, and she couldn’t deny the place was beginning to feel like home.

Still, she was a little on the stand offish side. Pyr had never been a very social creature and she hadn’t started changing that habit now. However, when a call rang out at the border she was closest to the small she wolf didn’t hesitate to answer. The smell of bear hit her long before the sight of it and the yearling did.

She wasn’t so quick that she had seen the boy rush in to battle, but she did watch as the two became gripped in mortal combat. Despite her size, Pyrite had never backed down from a challenge like this. She flanked the bear, which the boy would have trouble driving back on his own, and aimed to bite the beasts’ back leg and shaking, hoping to do enough damage to distract it for a moment so Dread could reposition himself and avoid the counter attack.