Pay Up (BASS)

He smiled at the boy's words, nodding his head. "Very good. Now, can you show me some defenses?" He asked, raising himself to his paws and getting ready to circle the boy. He was curious to see how much he really know. He knew that he wouldn't have a problem with his student being interested, it was plain to see that Darrah was excited. His golden gaze fell to Viv too, seeing if she would follow him. There were many different ways to defend yourself, but there was a few basics that no fighter should be without. His own body lowered slightly as if he was about to launch himself at Darrah, his lips pulling back as he growled at the child. Hopefully this would give him more of a panic start. A lot of the time defenses couldn't be carefully thought over, you needed to be able to drop into them very quickly. There was hardly any thinking in fighting, a lot of it was muscle memory and skills. Slowly he would work his way there, which is why Bass didn't jump on him right away.