Shinrei's eyes brightened as his father acknowledged his presence, a soft hum emanating from his lips. He seemed..troubled. Perturbed by the aurora drifting across the cerulean-swathed heavens, uneasy about the secrets the stars held in their intermittent winks. He was too young to understand the grim meaning behind his father's stiffness about a seemingly calm night, but he troubled the subject no further.
Instead, his father inquired as to his skills fighting in the dark. Well, that was a first -- truthfully, the boy hadn't had the chance to fight in the dark before. He fought mainly when the rest of the world was awake, when all his siblings were out and about. He understood, quite quickly at that, that his father was asking him to spar. To seek an advantage despite the decrease in vision cues, to rely on his other senses more strongly than the obvious one of sight.
As his sire crouched to his level, Shinrei perked his ears, nostrils twitching to catch his father's scent. Relaying where he was and where his front was compared to his hind end. And just like that, the pale dragon struck; he suddenly dipped to his father's ride side, aiming to get into his blind spot behind his right cheek as he darted towards his hind leg, aiming to gently but firmly nip the larger wolf's ankle. If successful, and if Hattori turned to face him, Shinrei then aimed to sharply ram his horns into his right shoulder. Nothing wrong with a double attack, of course. Anything to show his father what progress he was making.
Shinrei vs Hattori for Spar
Round 1/2
Age: Under 6 months
Size: Dire wolf
Build: Balanced
Mutation 1: Antelope Horns - Offensive
Mutation 2: Owl Eyes - Perception
Mutation 3: Torso Scales - Defensive
Skills: Novice Fighter & Beginner Hunter
