Phobia had a lot of grumpy energy. The boy was brusque, but he tried when he needed to. Today, he would need to. Chimera did his best to spend individual time with each of his children, especially when they were young. He wanted to mold them into decent wolves. Decent to their family, at least. It was the Ashen King's intent to give the boy an outlet for some of that chaotic energy today and so the duo marched to the center of the island.

A tiger... Way out here on the island, it had made itself fat and complacent. Chimera couldn't have a tiger on the island, not with young wolves around, so he had decided to eradicate it. If the beast wanted to flee and swim back to the mainland, so be it, but it wouldn't be remaining on Silver Island.

"When we find the cat, you watch me, okay? Do your best to stay behind it and away from the front end." One big paw raised and ruffled the top of Phobia's head. "The front end is the pointy end. Got it?" Chi flashed a grin to his son and set about tracking the cat. Already he could smell it's acrid, feline stench.

"Chimera Klein"

Phobia wrinkled his nose as they drew close to their destination, the unfamiliar smell setting something deep and instinctual off in the boy. There was someone, something trespassing on his turf. He almost didn't believe his father had willingly brought him along. But somewhere in his mind he'd decided this was about making sure he could protect his sisters like his father seemed to want. Either way despite how territorial he was feeling Phobia's excitement to get to join his father in chasing the tiger off was evident. His paws were kneading the ground as his father tried to lay out how this would go down. "Got it!" He nodded enthusiastically, and in truth he was going to try to remember everything, no promises about once they were well and truly in the thick of it.

He suppressed his desire to go charging off, instead forcing himself to wait for his father to lead the way and he would make sure to carefully watch the King as they went.


PHOBIA'S SPEECH

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Phobia assured his father that he understood the rules and, taking the boy at his word, Chimera nodded and began moving towards the sound of chuffing and growling. Was it big dumb cat mating season or something? What a fuss the feline was making. As luck would have it, the cat found them rather than the other way around.

The tiger jumped from the foliage, all snarls and hissing. Chimera bristled and snarled in return, rushing towards the cat. The pair collided and claws sank into the wolf's shoulders. Chi bit into the side of the cat's face, rows of razor sharp teeth shredding the delicate flesh. The cat yowled and tried to pull back, but Chimera refused to let go.

"Chimera Klein"