words The late appearance of the increasingly-disgruntled healer Maximous resulted in a quick rearrangement of partners and left Sindri with Maximous and Kassander with (his cousin? Aunt? thing?) Koroleva. He sent Maximous a measuring glance - the older male seemed irritated, an odd thing considering he was the one who was late, but perhaps he was simply annoyed with himself. Taking a deep breath and pushing aside the stress and worries, he settled himself to face the other Xanilov, seeking to put himself face to face with her a fairly short distance away and square his stance so he stood rooted strongly into the earth, solid as an oak tree. "Whenever you're ready, Koroleva." His fire-and-eyes eyes were shadowed as he readied himself... battle felt surprisingly right to him; though he detested the idea of hurting another wolf, the knowledge that this could be what allowed him to save another's life far overwhelmed that dislike, and... he found he could revel in the dance. ""

She would give a nod to Fendar before following the young King so that they could spar like they had been instructed to. She would prep herself, keeping her eyes narrowed a bit as she set her casual defenses into place. Her hackles and haunches raised as she spread her legs out a bit to keep her lower to the ground. Her ears pinned back against her head to give her opponent less space to target. She then folded her tail underneath her, keeping it flat against her to remove her tail as a possible target. She bent her leg at the midpoint to keep her stance lowered as she buried her toes in the ground. Whenever you are ready. She would take the opportunity to move first. She rushed at him head on, her eyes glowing as she did so. With steady and concentrated breathing, she made her lunge to grip onto the King's right shoulder with her canines. She would aim to keep the bite soft because it was just a spar. In this process she would aim to take her right paw to slam it down onto his own left paw while trying to shoulder him with her right shoulder. This shoulder attempt would be aimed at the left side of his chest towards the center.