these hands made of splinters

INTERCEPTED! Her teeth went for his throat and connected. Damn it. Rookie mistake. Except... From this angle it also put him in the position to do the very same. He reached up for her own throat with his own jaws, lifting his head from the ground as he kicked at her muzzle with his front paws while curling his back to bring those hind paws in for the assist. Those dew claws had to land somewhere fun, if not, he still had plenty of gnarly nails to land somewhere around the region of her face.