Skoll wondered if the girl’s friend Isa was like his friend Terra, who taught him plenty of skills—not always fighting per se, but occasionally dirty tricks that could turn a fight to his advantage if the opponent wasn’t interested in honor. For instance, the bear they’d fought didn’t give two sniffs about a pair of rascally luperci, and it might have carved them in half with its big claws if they hadn’t been sneaky. It wasn’t really the big, exciting brawl that Adelle thought it was (from wideness of her pale blue eyes), but he didn’t bother to amend his statement. She might like him more if she thought he was stronger than he was, after all.
The girl thought for a while before asking him to come on the trip. The blonde boy answered with a giant grin, blurting, “Yes, I would love to!” He failed to think about what he’d tell his parents this time in regard to such a trip, but that didn’t matter. He’d be able to spend more time with Adelle!
His tail wagged crazily behind him, but all the time he remembered their game, and his green eyes sized her up—and he managed to keep from staring at her face and hair and the pretty patterns of her coat this time. He ran toward her, swiping at her with sheathed claws, but it was just a lazy blow; the real point was so he could dance in a circle around her and wait for an opening.
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