Seize the bay!

Bodies collided and Titus was in it to win it. Teeth bared in a grin that spoke of his enjoyment of his participation and lips pulled back making the grin in his opinion look ferocious. He could hear in his pinned ears the sounds of the cat as it intercepted Nikolai and they were now engaged. He hadn't expected the side step but he widened his stance and twisted his dexterous wrist so the part the other grabbed was on his wrist, claws came unsheathed then, digging into the dirt below and the wrist the other boy held curled, aiming to grip his larger hand like paw with claws out for the other's skull. His aim to hold his face and keep him from wanting to drag him down. In the same motion he aimed to use that same arm as leverage and pull down on the other's face and neck. His second arm aiming to wrap his other hand like paw with claws out for better grip, over the other's side and shoulders, to place himself over the other. His back legs splayed wide and tail lifted to keep him balanced. His teeth aiming for the other boy's nape, beyond the reach of those horns, as he reached and pulled. A wrestling type of move sure but it would hopefully work to lift and try to place his full weight on the other's upper half. Titus wanted to leave the horned boy with very few options.

He needed to win, to prove himself to his uncle and family that he should be taken more seriously. He could hear Andrei as the bird came down aiming to grip onto the other's horns and add his own weight. The bird might be a coward but Titus knew his bird had been trained for being a warrior more than just a scout. Nikolai aimed to grab hold of the cat and hold it where it was with teeth and arms so it could not help it's master. Titus had to commend the other for thinking that getting a hold on his limb would keep him from using it though.

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