Guarding the gates

[Skoll]

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It's all good. All fights need some powerplay to be realistic. I don't mind. His attack had achieved its desired effect, and the two of them had gone rolling down the hill with his teeth latched onto her neck. By the time they had reached the bottom, three bursts of pain had lanced through his body from his stomach as he had extended his legs at various points to control their descent. She had hit her head somewhere along the way, and seemed to have lost consciousness, allowing him to release his hold on her and take a few steps back to reassess the situation. He was fine, the pain having vanished almost as quickly as it had come, and the threat seemed to have been neutralized, at least temporarily. He could go ahead and shift now, if he wanted to, but he decided against it. He was glad he had opted not to take further action, since she came around pretty quickly. If she had woken to him shifting, she might have panicked and run away immediately. As it was, he wanted not only an explanation, but also to figure out who exactly had come sprinting toward him, fangs at the ready and with blood on her mind. It had been a very strange situation, and while smaller wolves had come after him before--often in the heat of battle out of courage or to capitalize on a situation where he was at a disadvantage...his ear had been lost to a smaller canine--he had never been so directly targeted by someone so out-classed before, at least not out of the blue. "Or you could just not rush headlong into a fight without thinking. That helps too." He scrutinized her with critical yellow eyes. "Just what were you trying to accomplish exactly? And why were you trying to accomplish it?" That was the key question here. Why? Why had she come to Storm? Why had she been looking for trouble? If she was looking for trouble, why--of all people--did she target the meanest looking bastard in Storm? None of it made any sense, especially from the perspective of a wolf who analyzed every combat-situation thoroughly. ~The lyrics are from the best song ever written.

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