Ouroboros Spine Stay Still And Breathe

Once he swallowed his first bite, his attention became so locked on the fight that the rabbit at his feet was all but forgotten. His muscles soon tensed, and he could no longer sit. His hind quarters rose from the ground, tail straightened behind him, but his paws held firm their perch. As the battle ramped it up, it became even more difficult to watch when a powerful combination of instinct and aggression urged him forward. But Kodiak was firm in his control, though a growl rumbled in his throat like distant thunder.

His confidence in his leader was not misplaced, for Tonravik in the end was the victor. The brown bear stepped forward stiffly when the defeated plains wolf faced him and Iqniq. She uttered words meant as insult that succeeded only in insulting herself, for she had still lost, and it said little of her that she would lose to someone who was supposedly 'not as strong' in some sense. Kodiak's opinion of Tonravik was unshaken, regardless. He had fought along side her and knew her strength, and she showed it here, sustaining only a torn ear and a cut muzzle.

Kero spoke, and Kodiak's muzzle crinkled into a teeth baring snarl as he stood shoulder to shoulder with his russet comrade.