Word Count :: 324 Falcon....PUNCH!
He forced a smile in her direction as she bade him good morning, running a hand quickly through his mess of dirty blonde hair as if that would remove his ruffled, just-woke-up look. The rest of him was alert enough, but his tousled fur and quiet stare did not quite suit the fighter picture.
As X’yrin stood with an easy air, she regaled him on her beliefs and the important details that would give him his ability to fight. To his surprise, the focus was more on the mental than the physical - but his hardworking mind quickly filtered that away, and he gave the smallest of nods. “If there’s a will, there’s a way,” the old adage went, and he could believe that. Without the mental sharpness to fight, to know how to move and where to attack, and the belief that he could do these things, his already decent bulk would be pointless.
The she-wolf crouched slightly, looking feral and beautiful and alert all in the same moment, and Wayne became aware of his own casual posture. He blinked when she stated that she would test his potential, but after some initial hesitation and a frown tugging at his mouth, he focused. She was a warrior already; the Exultare could handle whatever he threw at her. Gentleness would not be an issue. The soft voice that could ease a spooked horse belied the hard hand that could guide the most stubborn of them.
The mutt launched himself at her, closing the distance between them and hurling a punch - not quite aiming but letting his blow fall where it would. His other hand came out in front of him as well, but in order to grab and restrain rather than injure. His form was one meant for brute force rather than the intrinsic dances of lither canines, and letting the blows fall on a foe was a surefire way to beat them.
Image courtesy of just.jim @ flickr; Table by the Mentors!
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