Moonspear Playing with fire

Not for one moment Charon had thought about the fact his surprise attack might cause Dhole to feel frightened in any way. He hadn't thought about it much at all, to be honest, just wanting to teach Dhole the lesson to be alert and practise his own fighting skills in the process. Dhole struggled against him but since he'd had the advantage it was hard for her to get his weight off her. She called out his name and only then did he realise just how surprising his surprise attack had been. He laughed in amusement at her surprised reaction.

The grimace went mostly unnoticed, whether because he didn't see it or didn't want to see it; or maybe just didn't care. Charon jumped to his feet and shook the forest debris from his fur. He lowered his front of a play bow and said: "Always be prepared!" Though he didn't attack her again, wanting to see if any part of her mirrored his challenge first now that she had gotten over the initial surprise.