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Fox would have bitten her lip. Fortunately, canine lips were built in such a way that such a thing was impossible. If she'd been human, it would have immediately betrayed several of the emotions that flared up in the fiery girl. Not that she knew what they were. Fox did not even realize that he had misspoken, for she thought it was good to know him, too. In fact, it had a far deeper meaning than "good to see you." It only made her stomach go for another silent whirl.

“Define often?” she quipped, not missing a beat when he asked her if she fought often. “It’s just an affliction I have.” Fox could not (or would not) pass up the chance of a fight, and she often provoked others into combat when it was unnecessary. She thought that fighting could only make her faster, stronger, better. Those were things that she strived to be.