here goes nothing

“Well… no, but I took the killing blow.” He said, voice pausing, and then rising with a smug undertone at the end. There was no way he could face a bear alone, not at this size, and he knew it. Perhaps one day… he shook away the thought. He hated having to depend on others, but sometimes there was just no help for it.

“Trying to one-up you? That implies it’s even an effort, Rabbit.” He said, grinning back at the smaller wolf again. Yes, Spider had won against him, but that had been nothing but a fluke. It wouldn’t happen again.

He was glad Spider liked the plan, not that he would admit to anything out loud. Now they just had to set it in motion. He was already scouting for a good way to lay out the trap, and was listening to Spider with half an ear. He did flick his ears at the other pup at the insult, but because most of his attention was elsewhere he didn’t see what Spider was doing, until he felt water running through his coat.

He turned fully towards Spider and put on a bit of speed, he was about to tap Spider’s paw in an attempt to trip them when… Spider tripped all on their own. Which would have been great, except Strai was only a half pace behind them, and he tripped right over Spider. Landing on top of them in the bush. “Ooompfh” he said, repeating Spider’s exclamation. “Yeah… this one.” He agreed, trying to push himself off Spider without breaking the bush.

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