Bramblepoint I'll man the flashlight.

Her own defenses were set, muzzle draped over her throat and her body-weight relatively squared. Her ears rest against her head, the tear upon it a reminder of Alya's own error in remembering to set her defenses. The hive would not make sure a mistake again, and Hydra was taking care to teach her sisters how to handle themselves as well. Hydra circled Towhee like the shark that she was to keep her moving, before she feinted for the others foreleg but again drove for the others hind to cause her to misstep. Her teeth did not seek to gain any purchase as she swung her body away; her true aim here was to goad Towhee into moving toward a tree, to see if she could control the youths movements as her mother had instructed her to do for her own benefit. Without that guidance Hydra would have never thought of it.