SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS
As Virgil pivots away from her hit Katja attempts to follow, her injured right forepaw tucked to her chest. Her tripod stance as she moves is widened to better balance with less points of contact, her weight evenly distributed between the three. Her toes were spread for greater surface area and traction, her claws flexing into the dirt with each movement for grip. Her knees were bent slightly for freer movement. Her head and tail were both balanced at the level of her spine, her head pulled back slightly as her shoulders rolled forward to push up the sore scruff of her neck in folds to protect it, and her chin tucked to protect her throat. All along her back and neck her hackles rose, her ears pressing back into them and her eyes narrowed despite the wound.
Virgil's pivot ended as she attempted to scoot beneath Kapra, and Katja attempts a pivot of her own, weight shifting to her forefoot as her hindquarters continue to shift to her right in an attempt to come in behind Virgil, facing Virgil's tail.
Her head seeks to dip slightly, in a bid to grip Virgil's left hindleg at the hock just above the joint. Her teeth seek to grasp the tendon there, hoping to sever it, intending to pull back on the hind leg.
Simultaneously her injured right foreleg tries to reach in an attempt to curve around the outside of Virgil's right hindleg. With that foot already raised to her chest to protect it, there is no need to adjust her balance for it but she does dig her dull claws into the ground further to grip as she prepares for movement. Katja's leg, attempting to hook around the front of Virgil's hock joint (with the point of impact on her foreleg rather than her injured paw, the the motion jolts the broken toe and sends heat through the paw) with the intention of jerking backwards, hoping to pull the foot out from under Virgil or to pull her backward, and seeks to land at the same time as her jaws seek to grip the other leg.
Inwardly Katja is grimly fixated on the fight, intent on dragging Virgil's attention away from Kapra. She both cursed and admired his bold challenge... he sought battle as any true follower of their faith, his fervent belief clear in his desires, yet it was folly for him to have risked all for this - did he not realize that the hopes of all future Finnvis rested with him? She needed to protect him, one of the last Finnvi scions in Ala. |
