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Why was she wandering around again? Again. She had had both bad and good experiences that sprouted from her wandering; Garnet had been attacked by a lone wolf and on the other end of the spectrum, she had met Skoll. In any case, she reasoned with herself that she wasn’t wandering all that far, only a little ways into Dampwoods. She hadn’t gone near where Dahlia de Mai territory was, so she felt relatively safe. The black coyote was wandering around on two legs today, seeing as she had just gotten to the age where she could shift, though Garnet didn’t feel quiet comfortable in her Optime form yet. The female tried balancing on one leg but only stayed that way for a few seconds before she had to put her other leg back down.

Frustrated, the black female huffed and puffed, and she found that it was much easier to stamp her feet in this form. Because she only had two legs, half of her weight went into the stomp instead of a mere fourth like in her Lupus body. Suddenly aware that she had been walking along while zoning out, Garnet looked around. Red eyes spied what appeared to be a house not far from her position; she could just barely see it through the trees. Remembering the ivy-infested mansion on Inferni territory, Garnet moved towards the house, coming from the side. When the black coyote came into the somewhat over-grown clearing, she heard something coming from the front of the building. Moving along cautiously, she peeked around the corner and saw an extremely attractive male hunched over something on the steps. Garnet knew it must be a male from the mass of muscle that the other Luperci had, though the wind was blowing the wrong direction for her to smell and be sure. However, that ment… Crap.. Realizing that her position was compromised anyway, Garnet stepped out from behind the house and waited a few seconds before saying. ”Whatcha working on, handsome?”

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Almost as soon as the other wolf turned around Garnet realized her mistake; this was actually a well muscle woman before her. When the Luperci spoke she was sure of it though. Oops. The black coyote felt her ears grow hot from embarrassment and she shuffled one of her feet a bit. ”Oh.. umm, this is awkward. Sorry.” The young coyote suddenly became very interested with the grass and weeds around her feet. However, something made her look up again; she just realized that the other was wearing clothing. It wasn’t something that she had exactly seen much of before, and it had been so out-of-place that Garnet hadn’t even noticed it.

Garnet’s attention was attracted though by the knife that the other female was working on. It was strange, she couldn’t recall ever seeing many weapons before this point. Moving closer to the older female, Garnet used a hand to brush away a stray loch of hair and revealed her three white dots that lay beneath her right eye. Besides those markings, the female was horribly plain; the same black fur all over. Realizing that introductions hadn’t been made, red eyes found the face of the other female. ”I’m Garnet by the way. Sorry for mistaking you for a guy.” She looked away from the female’s face and back at the knife in the other’s hand. ”So, what you going to use that for anyway?”

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Garnet nodded briefly as the female, not male, introduced herself to be Trinity. It was an interesting name, though no more so than her own. It had most likely been for her blood red eye color which was the trademark of her family. Though the coyote wondered why this other female had been named Trinity. ’Maybe they just thought it sounded nice,’ she thought as Trinity spoke of the knife’s purpose. So it was a hunting weapon, interesting. It made sense to Garnet, though she wondered if the other female had ever actually fought a bear. She certainly had the muscle to do it, at least in Garnet’s eyes.

”I don’t think I’ll go around starting fights with bears, thank-you.” She said, smiling slightly as Trinity went back to the blade. ”Not that I’m afraid or anything, I just don’t have the physical capabilities to fight a bear or even another Luperci for that matter.” Garnet bit her lip slightly on the last statement, once again scuffing the grass with a foot. Really, after she had realized that Trinity wasn’t a guy, the black coyote had started to look up to the female. Really, the wolf was something amazing that Garnet wished she was herself; strong. Trinity looked like she didn’t have to go around starting fights to prove herself, she already knew of her capabilities and was sure of herself. This was the impression that Garnet got from her, though who knows how accurate it was.

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Two black ears perked up as Trinity offered some advice. Garnet was definitely ready to receive any the other female could give. However, when the advice did come, it only really confused the young female. What did saying your weakness have to do with anything? Wouldn’t it have already been your weakness, or if it wasn’t, it’s not like you suddenly became weak in that area. Garnet snorted softly, even though she was taking it in. A kind of ‘note-to-self’ thing going on in her head. Trinity’s question caused the coyote to stop and think for a bit before replying. ”Well, I play-fought as a pup with my sister and brother. A few weeks ago I was attacked by a wolf, I think he was going to kill me, thankfully my mom jumped in and kicked his ass. I don’t think that counts much as fighting though, he mostly just punched me around too fast for me to do anything before Asphyxia arrived. Umm, can’t think of anything else, why?”

Garnet flicked an ear towards the cream wolf as she looked around the clearing. The only other thing had been the incident with Hybrid, though that had been more just aggression without physical contact, so it didn’t count. Actually, for a coyote of the infamous Inferni, Garnet had done little fighting, and what fighting she had done had been more of getting her ass handed to her. ’He had caught me off guard, that won’t happen again.’ The young female took a deep sigh as two red eyes watched some bird flit between the branches of the nearby trees.

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After the fourth time, Garnet finally noticed how much the other female was looking around. It made her kind of uneasy as she wondered what in the world the other was looking for. When Trinity stood up and asked her a question though, Garnet forced back on the topic being discussed. ”Well, my mom taught me a bit about pinning and feigning, though that was in my Lupus form, so I don’t really know much about trying to fight with two legs.” The black female gave a half smile to the cream wolf.

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Unlocking her knees, Garnet nodded to Trinity. The other female had seemed pleased that Garnet already knew a little bit about fighting even though it wasn’t using her Optime form. The cream wolf changed her footing as she began to ‘instruct’ the young coyote. Garnet watched Trinity carefully, while think about what she was going to do. She was having a flashback of when her mother had taught her, Asphyxia had requested a similar thing to be done. Garnet’s red eyes scanned Trinity’s body, even though she knew how this was going to end, that is, with Garnet getting her ass handed to her.

Well, I might as well try my best, she thought as she rolled back her shoulders to loosen the muscles. Garnet had to remind herself that she was only allowed to punch, even if the coyote could think of more creative ways of attacking Trinity, and probably those ways would have been at least a bit more effective. So, the black female started by pacing slightly before charging at her teacher. Garnet held both arms ready at her sides as she closed the distance between herself and Trinity. She aimed her first blow high, keeping her other arm closer to her body. The first arm swung at Trinity’s head, hopefully giving her second arm room to hit the wolf’s stomach.

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Garnet saw the wolf practically dance around her before ‘tapping’ her in the jaw. The coyote snarled at the surprise punch, though she was slightly mystified as to why the other did it so lightly. ’We aren’t really fighting here; she isn’t trying to kick your ass, though she could.’ The coyote rotated her jaw around as the wolf began to actually teach her something. Part of it she knew, charging right at her opponent had been stupid, but Garnet didn’t have any serious instructions in the first place She knew that she had to get beaten up before any actual teaching was done here, so Garnet had gotten it over as quickly as possible. However, this ‘space’ thing was news to her, and the coyote pricked her ears up.

Garnet decided that this next time she would do as her instructor said, though hopefully with slightly better results. Another note-to-self was made, this time about keeping her hands up. Such a thing wasn’t possible in Lupus form, so Garnet had not known about this defense. At Trinity’s inquiry, the black coyote huffed a bit. ”Yeah, when do we go again?” She crouched down a bit, holding her arms up near her face as the wolf had said to do.

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Garnet nodded at her teacher’s recommendation, making a note of it. Yes, the point was to get at least a few hits on your opponent. The coyote had to make sure to watch for openings. Her red eyes caught movement from Trinity and she moved back, sucking in her gut to try and avoid the kick. Garnet felt the wolf’s claws rake through her belly fur, but it wasn’t enough to draw blood. As soon as the foot was past, she made her move, going in to Trinity’s now exposed flank. The black coyote aimed a punch at the wolf’s side, keeping one hand up for blocking, before she leapt back away from her mentor.

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As the cream female once again hit Garnet, she growled slightly. Trinity bowed to her, which made the coyote seriously want to kick the other in the face, though she managed to restrain herself, knowing that the wolf would probably just catch her foot and throw her down. Red eyes watched Trinity as she moved forward. Garnet didn’t know what was going on, and when the punch came, she doubled over from shock. ”What the fuck!?” Garnet wheezed out as she coughed a few times. Her ears caught the instructions as she righted herself. ’Oh, so this is about breathing eh? Then another note, though right about now the list was getting quiet long, this one saying ‘do sit-ups’. Garnet nodded at Trinity’s look, though her red eyes burning slightly. The female was getting slightly frustrated.

The coyote breathed as instructed when the punch connected and was pleased to see that it didn’t hurt as much as the first time around. ’Well at least one thing fucking works. Garnet had been pushed back slightly and had to regain her footing, but other than that she was fine.

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The younger female bit her tongue to prevent herself from yelling at the wolf. A tiny voice kept saying that if she did, Garnet would learn nothing else from Trinity and would have to find someone else to teach her. However, this made the coyote no less frustrated. The wolf had decided to end the session, which was probably a good thing, because if she hadn’t Garnet might have acted illogically and done something stupid. The older female sat down on the ground and began breathing deeply. She kept her eyes closed as she spoke and instructed the coyote on the breathing method. Red eyes glared at Trinity briefly before the young female huffed once and stormed off. Though, for the record, once Garnet was out of sight and scent, she did sit down on the ground and slowly counted to ten.