Swiftcurrent Creek but dreams come slow

Njal's partial attack (5 HP damage) + Jinx's glancing defend (1 HP mitigation) = 4 HP net damage.
Current HP: 17/24

She lacked in anticipation what she made up for in quickness. Jinx had never been a terribly hard-hitting wolf, but despite that, Nutaaq had found a way to train her for speed. There hadn't been enough time for her to properly fight one-on-one with many opponents, however... So she often missed the key signs that revealed their intentions. She would have expected Njal to continue with his present strategy, but in the blink of any eye he had changed it. Jinx tried to move, tried to swing about and catch him with her jaws, but she hadn't been ready early enough to prevent his teeth from digging into her hip. She growled, something between quiet wolfish applause and personal outrage at having missed altogether.