Calypsei had only done a brief once-over of the man to get a feel for what she could use to her advantage, but she felt a bit of satisfaction when she felt blood well around her teeth, noting that she had successfully landed her bite to his left shoulder, and it had gone deep enough to draw the crimson liquid that would soon become her livelihood. She felt a slam into her chest, causing her to quickly dive her claws into the ground to hold onto her balance. Calypsei would find herself turning, her left shoulder facing him. As his front paws left the ground and found their way onto her back. She would smirk as she went to push up on her front paws to send her back into the air, hoping that she could throw him off in the process (counter) while also attempting to side rush him by quick stepping towards her left side to further run him down.
He attempted to grab at her neck so she would quickly move to try and slam the top of her head into the space below his jaw to avoid the attack and hopefully deal some damage in the process (counter). She kept her defenses the same as she had running into the fight. Her tail was level with her spine though it was still lashing, her neck scrunched as much as it could with her attempted attack to below his jaw as it could be with her movement, her ears pinned against her skull to create less of a mass for him to attack. Her knees were still somewhat bent to give her a lower center of gravity and her hackles and her haunches were raised. She had a fierce expression to her, her eyes narrowed and her teeth in the form of a snarl.
She could already begin to feel the moderate bruising to her chest and a slight ache on her back from his paws.
