You're gunna have to kill me first

speech,

As Ekko finally stood at his prompting and turned to walk away from the group, he sighed with relief. At least she wasn't putting up too much of a fight about it. Or so he thought anyway. He glanced back over his shoulder briefly at the rest of the pack before looking back to the small russet and white woman and follow after her. He didn't know how in the world this was going to work. Literally he could just knock her over with his paw, but he also didn't want to risk hurting her too much for her kid's sake. It was certainly a weird and tangled situation. All the sudden she sat down with her back to him and he stopped in his tracks, one brow raising as she once again refused to fight, insisting that she would take her punishment from 'that bitch'.

He rolled his eyes and sighed before coming around to face her again, his acidic gaze finding hers and not looking away. He had to get through to her somehow. His voice wasn't mean, but it was insistent. "Look, I'm all for your pacifism. It's cool, I'm not trying to break that. I am, however, very against you bringing whatever hell that woman is going to bring upon you if you don't go along with it. So just... play along, okay? Besides you should learn to defend yourself. This isn't about being violent it's about learning." He paused and stared her down, wondering if she would budge or if he would be forced to start the fight himself. He could be just as stubborn as she was being and he refused to let Catalya have the satisfaction of punishing her for not wanting to fight.