Redtail Rise standing on the edge, face up

ooc; Fade is good - thanks for a fun thread! And the promotion! <3

She rears and he opens his mouth, lips pulled away to reveal his teeth in their full, and swipes his head at her, never closing his jaws. He looks demonic but there is no threat of harm. 

His teeth disappear at her nod and he rises, shaking his pelt quickly before he registers what she has said to him. It takes a moment as he still has trouble understanding his Wealda. He was...Bitan? The word "protect" took him the longest to register but as he realizes, his eyes widen ever slightly and his ears fold in a humble submission. "Thank you." he pauses. Protector? "Always." - and then she is shoving him and running away.

He is not one for play, not usually, but he follows her. Whether he will truly frolic when he reaches her - if he reaches her - is not certain but he is willing and happy to follow her regardless.