Heron Lake Plateau punch drunk

Bingo.

He isn't expecting such a fierce, in-your-face counterattack.  His long legs carry him swiftly back one step, two, and already she is in his space again.  He actually tries the same thing he had just been doing, and she's almost so confused it makes her lose focus.

But not quite.  She launches herself at him again, not with her fangs this time but with her entire body weight.  She's small but she's built well, and she packs much more of a punch than she looks like she should.  Her goal is to bowl him over and force him into submission, and she doesn't intend to be nice about it until he secedes.